Obradovic: “I’m looking forward to the Euroleague premiere – My players quickly understood which team they are playing for”

For her preparation They were partisans and her difficult encounter with her opponent Baskonia in Spain for its premiere Euroleaguespoke o Zelimir Obradovic.

The multi-victory coach of the institution and coach of the Serbian team, analyzed how he would like to see his players in Spain in terms of their playing style, he praised Pablo Lasso, while he spoke about the excellent atmosphere that prevails in Partizan’s ranks, but and the way his players adjust.

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The Serbian coach initially spoke about how he would like to see his players in Spain, while also analyzing the opponent’s game: “We enter the Euroleague with great ambitions. We also had friendly matches with Euroleague teams. I would like us to play the same way as before, with the same desire and energy that we had in those games, I think that’s the most important thing. The pitch is difficult there, no matter they changed team, coach, the way of playing is still similar.

Pablo Lasso as a coach is characterized by the fact that he requires a lot of transition, individual play, offensive jump and isolation. Of course, the player who is very important is Howard, since he is capable of shooting 15 times for three points in a game. We’ve worked on everything, we’ll see how our plan goes tomorrow in the game.”

Although it is early in the season, Obradovic believes there is nothing more important for the players at the moment than the match in Vitoria: “Right now, the premiere is a very important moment. Once the tournament starts, each subsequent match is probably even more important. We have to see where we are, what we are, how we show in our game. There is certainly nothing more important for a team’s confidence than playing well, because when you play well, results come.”

The coach with the most trophies in the Euroleague is satisfied with the atmosphere in his team: “I was looking forward to the first day we got together for training, you can imagine how much I look forward to the Euroleague premiere. The whole point is to appear in front of the public, to enjoy the work you do. I am happy for the players, because they understood very quickly which team they are playing for. It was agreed that the first away game would be played in Subotica, where we practically had our stadium. Our fans and those of Sprtak gave us incredible energy. It was a beautiful basketball night in Subotica.”