Coach of “Zalgiris” Kaunas Andrea Trinhieri reviewed the dramatically lost match against Vilnius “Wolves Twinsbet” team.
The people of Kaunas blew a 16-point lead and at one point missed 27 points without an answer. Finally, mistakes killed them at the end of the match.
“Greetings to the wolves.” We played tragically in the second and third quarters. What we did well in the first and last quarters was not enough to win. A typical game where my players weren’t focused enough to win against a team that had a good night attacking the basket. We couldn’t find a solution to their three-pointers and it cost us a lot at the end. Their victory was deserved and that’s it,” said the strategist after the match.
A. Trinchieri was angered by the question about basketball players’ “psychological vacation”.
“Are you serious? Really? Vacation? We have one more game in 72 hours, what are you talking about? Do you know our results? We’ve won three games in a row, played one poor half and we’re already on holiday? are you serious If so, your question is unacceptable. We had a tragic half-time and we will look at it and do everything we can to fix those problems, but don’t ever disrespect my players again because I’m not disrespecting your job. Playing badly is one thing, talking about a vacation when you’re getting paid for your work is a stretch. clear?
If I said you were on vacation, what would you think? You’re here with your laptop, but you’re on vacation. Isn’t that an insult? Will you accept this? Trust me, I’m not that upset about the match. Everything happens in life, we played a crappy second half and we are responsible for that. But are my players on vacation? Never. It should be clear in all languages,” said the Italian.
A. Trinchieri had criticism for Edmond Sumner: “His performance was very bad. Three turnovers in the second half killed us.”
