Fenerbahce, Jasikevicius: “Our transition defense and rebounding have to be much better”

29/10/202616:45

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Sarunas Jasikevicius previews the Real Madrid game and calls for better transition defense, rebounding and patience from Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce heads to Madrid after its loss in Valencia, with Sarunas Jasikevicius immediately identifying the areas that need improvement: transition defense, rebounding and offensive patience. “Madrid is in great shape, with very clear roles. Their guards have incredible creation and the others support them,” Jasikevicius said.

“Like in Valencia, our transition defense and our rebounding have to be much better, and offensively we need a little bit more patience.”

Nicolo Melli added: “It’s always tough when you play Madrid, especially in Madrid. We’re coming from a tough loss in Valencia, but we’ll try to get the best out of this trip. We want to impose our rhythm and try to win the game.”