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Chus Mateo admitted that the team lacked composure against Zaragoza, and by the time they needed to mount a comeback, it was already too late.

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Casademont Zaragoza had previously started the Liga Endesa season with 6 straight losses, firing head coach Martin Schiller along the way. However, the overwhelming underdogs controlled the game against Real Madrid yesterday and took a convincing win.

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After the match, Real's head coach Chus Mateo was not happy with his team's effort after a EuroLeague win against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

"We were quite confused by the last Euroleague victory. Our energy has not been the same," Mateo told. "I think that we have not been up to the task with so many losses and with so little offensive collaboration."

"Did you see us react? Do you think at some point I didn't know how many timeouts we had left? Of course, I knew but when you don't react you have to try somehow and we have tried," the coach explained. "When we wanted to react it was late and we had no energy or time left."

Zaragoza led by 16 points with 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter (79-63), which was enough to resist Real's comeback efforts.

Real have now lost 3 of the last 5 matches in both the EuroLeague and Liga Endesa. With 3 wins and 3 losses, the Spanish powerhouse is currently 9th in the EuroLeague. Meanwhile, 5 wins and 2 losses place them in 4th place in Liga Endesa.

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