Jordi Fernandez against the referee against Serbia: “With so many fouls how can you play?”

To the accuracy of Serbia, but also the inability of his team to play hard due to the fouls, he attributed the Canada lost to Serbia (95-86) the team coach, Jordi Fernandez. However, he did not fail to express complaints about the defensive behavior of his own team.

“Congratulations to Serbia, everyone, they played a great match, they played with strength. We lost the game more than Serbia won it. I am proud of my players. We were OK in attack, but when a team shoots like that, you can’t have a good result. We work every day, we will move on to the next game. We will play for a medal. I know there are emotions, but I know my players will fight for the medal. Fouls are part of the game. There are three referees who are there to judge. Our job is to train. When we have so many fouls, we can’t play hard. I took technique because I wanted to, I had my reasons. Thanks to the referees who do their job, without them we wouldn’t be able to play basketball. We have to improve. Every time you get a chance to fight at a high level, it makes you better“, emphasized the Spanish coach.

“These kids are role models. Now we have to go back and enter the minor final with enthusiasm. 10 minutes ago I was nervous, now I’m looking forward to the medal match. Serbia played physical, we knew they are a defensive team, but we also scored well, attack was not our problem. We just couldn’t tag anyone. If we don’t score as a team, we have no chance. Pesic is a great coach, he had his players ready. With all due respect, we just didn’t tag anyone. We have to look at ourselves, offensively I’ll say it again, we weren’t bad, but we didn’t stay ahead of our opponents, we didn’t get the defensive rebound to run. That’s how you lose matches. I don’t look at what Serbia did, I look at what we did. We are a team with a future, we want to go home with a medal. And that will be great“, he added.

THE ARJ Barrettfor his part, noted: “Congratulations to Serbia, they played a great match, with dynamism, they were disciplined and we have to give them that. We fought, throughout the match, real congratulations to Serbia. Both teams were dynamic, they trapped us, they went for the steal, they played hard, as much as we did. The organization system confused me, it was my first World Cup, I tried to learn everything as quickly as possible. I wasn’t surprised by Serbia, they did a great job, honestly it was a fun game. We lost, it was an experience, we have another match».