Scariolo attacks the Pre-Olympic calendar: “I hate playing two days in a row, everyone hates it”
Jaime Pradillaone of the best in the game against Lebanon with 14 points, expressed it simply at the end of one of his best games with the national team. “It’s a very complicated tournament, a defeat throws you out,” said the ‘host’ (plays for Valencia Basket). Yes, although now Spain’s passage to the second phase is practically closed, it is the reality. For now, the start of the Pre-Olympic is positive. Spain won and the plan continues, although not everything means satisfaction.
I hope that at some point this calendar, which is so difficult to understand, will be eliminated.
Sergio Scariolo went further in that argument. Juancho Hernangómez suffered adductor problems and the tournament does not stop. Wait, in less than 24 hours, Angola. “Have back-to-back (two games in a row) and I hate it. “We all hate him,” he said.. Directly, to those who configure the calendar. “I hope that at some point this calendar, which is so difficult to understand, will be eliminated. It makes us have to concentrate even more, because we are playing against an atypical team that is well-trained and has great physical and athletic exuberance,” he added.
The complaint is clear. Spain must play two games with hardly any rest. With busy seasons and short preparation. It is logical to think that with more rest, better quality of the game. And now it is one more factor that is added.
The match against Angola will decide it. Against Lebanon, his Spain delivered. “We didn’t do anything outside the plan. We shared the ball well, we knew how to refocus when there were errors and we did not chain several sequences of errors“There are no perfect games and it is only the first step,” he confessed.
We had a great game
Something more optimistic was the locker room. “We played a great game,” said Usman Garuba, the most outstanding of the match. “It was very good. We had the ambition to win by 20 and continue contributing. We were very focused,” concluded Xabi López-Arostegui.
