Sasa Obradovic (Monaco coach, beaten 59-83 by Bologna): “It’s the worst evening since I’ve been here, including my first stint as coach. When you lose like that… During every second, we made collective and individual errors both defensively and offensively. If you don’t play according to plan, as a team, with patience, if you don’t bounce back, things can’t go well. When you underestimate the quality of your opponent, this happens in the Euroleague. We played against a team, which deserved to win the four quarters, which was so superior to us in rebounds, like Valencia on the first day.

We gave them confidence, we lost ours. I think it is extremely difficult to find any positive point. Mentally and physically, you have to be stronger, be ready for this type of match. Belgrade? Let’s not think about it! Let’s focus on the match against Bourg-en-Bresse this weekend in the championship. (concerning the injured Loyd and Walker) They train and gradually resume with the collective. We miss Loyd very much. But he hasn’t played for many months, he’s going to need time. It’s the same thing for Kemba (Walker, Editor’s note).”