With this defeat, they no longer have a chance for the play-in before visiting Partizan in Belgrade.
“Putting an end to the EuroLeague is difficult. The options for entering the game are complicated, and I don’t know if we have none, but it’s clear that it’s complicated. However, we have to play a good game in Belgrade to give our all in the end.
We need to focus on the Liga Endesa, on Baskonia, and on the next game, which will be very important, and try to regain the best version of this team that we didn’t show today. We are the same team that started well, but our anxiety today and our body language were quite poor.”
They were booed off the court
“After the game, I came straight here. Today was our worst game, and it’s tough. It was a tough day for the team and for me. It was difficult even before the start, but I understand that people are dissatisfied and can give their opinion or say what they believe.
We can’t focus on that and try to abstract ourselves from it and think about what you can do and what you can control. Every day you have to be 100%, and today we weren’t.”
The future
He was asked about his future with the club.
“The truth is, I haven’t sat down to think about the future. I’m upset about today’s game, and I apologize. We weren’t up to the task. Ambition led us to even fall. You have to keep fighting and fighting, but after a while when I changed everything to change myself, it’s clear that people looked down more than up.
It was complicated and tough. What’s coming? We have the Liga Endesa left and one more EuroLeague game where we have to compete to the maximum.”
Valencia will visit Partizan in the last round, while Asvel will host Barcelona.