Montañana: “We are very touched because we wanted to be in the final”

Anna Montañana He appeared very affected – as he would recognize with his words – at the press conference in the fountainafter the defeat against the Valencia Basket. The Valencian coach admitted that they had reached the limit. He congratulated the rival and also his players for having risen every time, until he is left without strength.

The first thing he did in his appearance was to value the party: «I want to congratulate Valencia and his fans; It has been a show, like Würzburg’s. I think the two games have decided on details. It was a final for the two teams, and I think we have reached a limit in which we have not been able to stay in the game, and they have had a lot of success. I also want to congratulate my players, because it ends a season in which we have had many adverse situations and we have always risen as a group. Even in the semifinal we have made two of our best games, despite coming from complicated situations after the Cup. The team has fought and has been built during all these months. I also want to thank our fans, which has always been supporting us ».

Then, he analyzed the causes of defeat: “In the first game we were going 11 above, and in the last three minutes – on the one hand because we did not know how to keep the rent, and on the other because we played against a team – we failed to maintain the advantage. Like today, we have done many good things. We have fought throughout the game and we have returned several times, but they have had a lot of success and have put baskets. I want to value the basketball, because they have been very good matches that put the women’s league at the site that corresponds to it in Europe. Obviously we are very touched – I am very touched – because we wanted to give that step and be in the final, but I have to congratulate my players. When you go to the boundary against Valencia Basket, half failure or half a centimeter is a triple of Igupova ».

Montañana believes that tiredness influenced the last minutes, as Rubén Burgos, Valencia Basket coach had also pointed out: «When you see the two teams heating, it impacts the physical level of Valencia, which against many teams dominates in that aspect. Arica (Carter) has rested only two minutes throughout the game, and surely some of its failures in the end was due to physical fatigue. But I say again that we have done the best we could to get my best. Surely there have been decisions that could have made better, or have put some more player, but I took the ones I thought necessary. But yes, on the physical level we were in deficit ».