{"id":481581,"date":"2026-01-30T22:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=481581"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:30:57","slug":"vassilis-spanoulis-the-problem-is-that-everything-thats-happening-in-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/vassilis-spanoulis-the-problem-is-that-everything-thats-happening-in-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Vassilis Spanoulis: The problem is that everything that\u2019s happening in Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"201\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vassilis Spanoulis<\/span><\/span>, head coach of AS Monaco, did not hide his frustration after the loss to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Virtus Bologna<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"300\">&#8220;We played poorly. We didn\u2019t defend, we didn\u2019t execute properly on offense: we deserved to lose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"803\">He then addressed the broader situation around the club: &#8220;We have to react, but the problem is that everything that\u2019s happening in Monaco, surely all the players are reading. Now everyone is on social media, everyone reads, and for me it\u2019s not easy to always explain what\u2019s going on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There\u2019s a situation here that has to be solved\u2014whoever has to solve it. It\u2019s not normal to have 12 players. There are teams with 17-18 players; we can\u2019t practice with the same number of players they field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"1095\">&#8220;I\u2019ve never spoken until now, and I\u2019m not speaking because we lost, but it\u2019s not easy. I\u2019m proud of my team and my players, but I can\u2019t stay out of this situation. We have to find a solution\u2014we can\u2019t have other things weighing on our minds besides basketball. Because it\u2019s obvious they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1476\">Finally, he offered a concrete example: &#8220;My job isn\u2019t to talk about this\u2014my job is to prepare the team for games. But surely the players read everything. It\u2019s not normal: we had Corey Joseph and nobody knows what happened\u2014he left. 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