Crvena Zvezda Coach Navarro: Zalgiris Played Smarter in Decisive Moments
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On Thursday evening, the basketball players of Kaunas “Žalgiris” (1-0) started the new Euroleague season with victory. In his start, Belgrade's Crvena Zvezda (0-1) team that showed character was defeated.
Red Star basketball players lost at the start of the Euroleague in Belgrade against Žalgiris with a score of 83:77 (28:21, 15:24, 16:12, 24:20).
Vlade Djurovic harshly criticized Red Star Belgrade's performance against Zalgiris Kaunas. In fact, the former coach of the "red and white" Belgrade team referred to the changes of Ibon Navarro, as well as Motley's image against Valanciunas. "What I feared most happened, what I said was confirmed: that Valanciunas would dominate in European competitions."
Jones shone, Motley failed completely, and the statistics reveal why Zvezda lost to Zalgiris.
The first game of the Euroleague was supposed to be the introduction of the new Red Star. A new coach, several new players, high expectations and a full Belgrade Arena.
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade head coach Ibon Navarro admitted that the match against Zalgiris Kaunas was a “welcome moment” for him in the Euroleague. The Spaniard also highlighted the Lithuanian champions’ defense and spoke about the extremely poor performance of Johnathan Motley. The Serbian great fell to Zalgiris at home on Thursday night 77:83. “We didn’t play our best game, the beginning of the first and third quarters were bad in terms of energy…
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