Chus Mateo has 'zero worries' about Real Madrid's EuroLeague losing streak / News - Basketnews.com

Chus Mateo took stock of Real Madrid's season so far. The Spanish coach explained his team's ups and downs and expressed his overall satisfaction with the results obtained.

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A great defensive action by Facundo Campazzo against Lenovo Tenerife's Jaime Fernandez kept Real Madrid atop of the ACB standings, a week before Los Blancos play their first place decider in Malaga against Unicaja. Amidst a three-game losing EuroLeague streak, the win (80-78) was an imperative.

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Chus Mateo has no doubt that his team's current status in the standings makes him feel "very happy with everything that's happening this year."

"If they told me we'd be in this place I would have taken it, even that means losing three games in a row in the EuroLeague, because that denotes very good work by the team," he pointed out.

"The first part of the season has been brilliant. And if they also told me that we would goingt to win the Super Cup and the Copa del Rey, even more so," he noted.

"We have won the two titles so far, we are first in both competitions," Mateo continued. "Out of the 18 teams in the EuroLeague, we are the only ones that can win it twice in a row. I think we can reach the playoffs in the ACB League. Even though there are tremendous competitors, we are holding on," the Spanish tactician stressed.

Mateo knows that his team has had some bad results after winning the Copa del Rey. Still, he doesn't think the streak is due to a lack of self-confidence.

"That's the last thing I notice and will notice in this team," he clarified.

"I know how to take the team's pulse and I know what's there. During the FIBA windows, eight of our players had to leave, two of them have had to cross the ocean. All this is normal, there is a certain overload of games and kilometers. At times we will have to find a way to stay fresh. In that aspect, on a scale from 0 to 100, I am worried zero," he said.

Mateo observed that the period between the Spanish Cup and the EuroLeague playoffs, while Real Madrid have already secured a big advantage over their rivals, has made the squad lose concentration.

"Sometimes, you have to put the cable back into the socket and start working," he indicated. "Physically, now we don't have the freshness that is required to be at a good level, but the most important thing is to know how to weather this moment to face the next competition," he mentioned.

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