“The trophy win shook us up”
“We’re disappointed with the loss, and it hurts me too, but we have to look at the bigger picture, and globally, we’re having a good season. We’ve been taking it game by game to build a good advantage, and that helps us hope to be among the top four teams. When the playoffs come, all eight teams will have their chances, and we’ll have to be ready.
These past two weeks have been very nice but full of emotions, lots of travel, lots of different training sessions… We all need to work together and be on the same page, leave the past behind. Today was tough because, often, when you win a tournament in the middle of the season, you tend to lose focus, and I think that happened to us too. We’ll keep working and try to refocus as soon as possible because our season deserves a reward, and we’ll fight for it with the same passion.”
Status of Guerschon Yabusele
“He’s making a tremendous effort, had an outstanding performance in the Cup, and in the last few games, he’s been rebounding better, defending excellently, bringing a lot of energy. I’m very pleased with his performance, but there’s a lot of competition at his position, so we need to keep working. He’s had significant injuries this year and is now getting back into form. I hope he continues at this pace for many more days because he’ll continue to help us as he has been”, Chus Mateo concluded.