By Dionysis Aravantinos/ info@eurohoops.net
When he was asked about the fact that Panathinaikos had 36 fouls, while Madrid 23, Pascual said: “I just hope we will have the same refereeing in Madrid. With the same criteria that Madrid had here. We have to stay positive and prepare for the upcoming game. We play against a great team, that knows how to create contact. They are a high-level team, that’s why I said from the first moment that they are the favorites”.
Speaking about the game, he focused on Madrid’s experience: “Today was a typical playoffs game. Real Madrid has a more experienced team than us. We couldn’t play defense in the second half, we couldn’t control the rebounds and the rhythm of the game. They punished all our mistakes on defense and we missed a lot of open shot because we felt the pressure at playing at home. We are just at 1-1, we are tied even if we lost a big chance at home. We have to play better defense in Madrid, to play like we did in Game 1. We also did many tactical mistakes. Real Madrid is a team with great quality and experience and they punished our mistakes”.
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