Andrea Trinchieri, head coach of Zalgiris, spoke at a press conference after his team was defeated by Wolves in the Lithuanian Basketball League.
Zalgiris was defeated away in Vilnius by 97:93, and among the best players for the Wolves was returning player Arturs Zagars. After this game, the Italian coach received a strange question at the press conference. A journalist asked him if the defeat came because his players were on vacation, which greatly angered Andrea Trinchieri.
“Are you serious? What did you say, that they are on vacation? We play games with intervals of 40 to 72 hours, what vacation are you talking about? Do you know our performance in the championship? We came out of two games with a difference of 40 points, now we played one bad quarter and suddenly we are on vacation.
Since you are serious, I will give you a serious answer. Your question is unacceptable. We played a bad quarter. We will look at the footage of that period. We will do everything to fix it. Never again show such disrespect to my players, because I respect your job. Yes, we played poorly, one thing is if you are not focused, what you said is something completely different. You crossed the line,” said Andrea Trinchieri.
Zalgiris secured the first position before the start of the playoffs as they have two wins less than second-placed Rytas with one round to go. In the last round, the team from Kaunas will host Juventus.