Ibón Navarro, coach of the Unicaja of Malaga, considered that his team was not at his “regular energy level” during the first duel of the semifinal series of the Endesa League who lost against Real Madrid and hoped that the team can recover in the face of the second duel of the series on Friday.
“Our emotional state has to change and, from there, our legs and our energy to play. With this Real Madrid it would have been difficult to win, but we have not seen Unicaja, we have not been at our usual energy level,” he said at a press conference after the clash.
“There is no doubt that they have been much better. Since the beginning they have shown much more energy, more spark And compete at our level on Friday, “he said.
Although he acknowledges that the team dragged a certain emotional hangover after the previous series against Barça, he believes that this alone cannot explain what happened: “Real Madrid has played an incredible great game, its success has been tremendous, how the ball has passed, how they have pressed. They have had the ability to have certain marks out of the usual that they have bunk us much. You cannot think that you lose. court and think that the reason is just that you have not been well. “
“But it is true that the team at the level of adrenaline and emotional had something that is not easy to recover. We have been practically without running, recovering from the effort, and we have noticed that from the beginning. We have tried but after four minutes we had the five players on the track they did not go,” he added.
Navarro lamented the few recoveries to rest, which made it difficult to assemble counterattacks, and said: “We have not been well; some of the things we wanted to make with the difference and without options to hook ourselves, we have not had a concentration of doing better. Do what you do, if you do not have energy, it is difficult for it to go well.”
