Causeur before the ACB finals: 'Winning the EuroLeague semifinal has boosted our confidence' / News - Basketnews.com

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Real Madrid's shooting guard Fabien Causeur spoke with the media before facing FC Barcelona in the first match of the ACB League finals and said that the victory against the Catalans in the EuroLeague semifinal has boosted team's confidence.

Fabien Causeur

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"I don't know if Barca is vulnerable. Perhaps the fact that we beat them in the EuroLeague semifinal has boosted our confidence, because losing to them for almost the whole year was difficult. It‘s always a special match, the rival that we have to defeat", assured the Frenchman.

Causeur, who has been chosen by the team to address the media before morning training, underlined the importance of controlling the pace of the game.

"We have shown, once again, that when the team defends and rebounds well, they have many options to win. Against Barca, who are a very aggressive team in offensive rebounding, we will have to make this effort to control the pace of the match", added the guard.

The Real Madrid player acknowledged that winning the first game could set the trend for the series.

"The first game leaves the loser somewhat affected and gives the winner a lot of encouragement. In these first two games, Barcelona have the pressure to defend its court and we will have it later in Madrid. But we know that we have to come out of here with a victory.

We are coming to the finals with a lot of desire to lift a title. The team is doing very well, they've shown it during the playoffs. After the loss in the EuroLeague final, the team was a bit down, but we have shown our mental strength", the shooting guard concluded.

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