{"id":457105,"date":"2025-08-28T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=457105"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:31:23","slug":"spain-falls-to-georgia-coach-sergio-scariolo-takes-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/spain-falls-to-georgia-coach-sergio-scariolo-takes-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain falls to Georgia: coach Sergio Scariolo takes responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain began their EuroBasket 2025 campaign with a defeat against Georgia, and coach Sergio Scariolo spoke in the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scariolo said:<\/strong> \u201cGeorgia is a very experienced team, with several high-level players, including NBA and EuroLeague athletes, and they deserved the win. I believe it was my fault; I couldn\u2019t convince my players that they were a much bigger and more physical team than us. We should have made a huge effort to match their physicality, and we didn\u2019t. In fact, by the end of the game, they grabbed 16 more rebounds than us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>He demands more from his team<\/strong>: \u201cI understand that half of the team is playing at this level for the first time, but I think we can do more. I don\u2019t believe the game was ever in danger for them, so we need to prepare better for the next one. 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