By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona suffered a very tough loss to Real Madrid and coach Georgios Bartzokas was furious in his post game interview.
The Greek coach was harsh: “It was a very painful defeat for our team. It’s been a crazy game where they’ve scored absolutely everything. At four-five minutes we just threw the towel. We stop playing, we stop trying. From the 5th minute. I can say many things about the schedule we have and the injuries. Physically and mentally we are exhausted, but I can not justify that we stop fighting. I want to congratulate Madrid and apologize to our fans for the defeat. It is a great lesson for us, we can not fall lower than this. Let’s see how we react to this. ”
“I can perfectly understand having a bad night. This is basketball. It is sport. You’re not always okay. But it is unacceptable that we have not fought the whole game. The first hard foul was with two minutes to go. We have not been prepared and that part of preparation is my fault”, noted Bartzokas. Here are the rest of the quotes after the game.