Mateo: “We are not thinking about making history, only about winning the game”

A very big game is ahead of her Real Madridwhich welcomes her They were partisans (10/5, 10 p.m.) in Game 5 of the series.

Despite the fact that the Serbians started with two “doubles” in Madrid, the “queen” answered with the same number in Belgrade, and has the opportunity to become the first team to come back from 2-0 and advance to a playoff series.

THE Chus Mateo talked about what she will need to do Real so as to book a ticket for the Final Fourstressing that the Madrid players should not think about making history, but simply about winning the match.

In detail what he said:

For Game 5: “Mentally we are fine, but not physically. We have the mindset of not letting ourselves back down or throw in the white towel. We had it in Belgrade and tomorrow we will have it again. The stress really hurt us in the second game. The fact that we wanted to come back from 0-1 without thinking about Belgrade. In Serbia we did better because we had more patience and calmness.

Both teams will have stress and we need to know how to manage it. We are not thinking about writing history but only the game. Instead of turning the streak around, we’re going to try to close it out and win this game. Now, there is no past, we focus on what awaits us. There is only one game and we have to focus on it. There are neither pasts nor futures.”

On Pander’s return for Partizan: “Pander is an important factor. He is a very good player and you have to be very careful. Playing against a great player doesn’t always mean the zone defense shouldn’t work. This helped us change the pace. We have to be able to react if Pander or someone else picks up the pace.”

For Tavares’ offer: “He helps us and regulates our defense and attack. Let’s hope he continues in this form. Many teams are trying to get him out of the racket, but this is nothing new. We tried to find solutions to this situation that hurts us. It helps us have an offensive reference point and against certain types of defense, it helps to have a player like Eddie on the racket. Sometimes he makes a lot of fouls that he has to control. He has to be smart and he knows that if he controls his temper, he will be a better player.”