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The head coach of the Latvian basketball team Arnis Vecvagars, having lost to the qualifying match against Montenegro for the World Cup, acknowledged that the battle of fate was determined by the fight for rebounds.
We said that in the outstanding anti-sports and technical game, the Latvian basketball team of "Arena Riga" fought against the Montenegrin division during a strike at 75:84 which made access to the World Cup final difficult.
"The game was very physically aggressive on both sides of the team, with a lot of battles, a lot of aggression, I think the teams looked alike, the last quarter lost (and the match as a whole) we lost a fight under the baskets, they scored 12 points in the last quarter with the second attempt, and that was the key to their victory, "forced to recognize Vecvagars.
Vecvagars also pointed out that in the fight for rebounds, had probably not designed the outer perimeter players. Throughout the match, opponents scored 38 balls in the basket, in addition to 16 basketball players in Latvia. The Latvian team has won 25 rebounds, but only five in the basket of the opponent. Before the match, Vecvagars had pointed out to players that for a while, Montenegrins out of four were fighting for rebounds, but this time they were dropped. "Unfortunately, we did not focus on the 40 minutes."
Details Vecvagars did not want to "badyze the details of the game" for "hot coals". This will be done later and will be considered positive in the next match against Slovenia, which will take place in Ljubljana on 2 December.
The prime minister was forced to leave one of the players of the Latvian national team, the son of head coach Kaspars Vecgagars. During the first semester, he received a technical note on the characterization of the disputed episode, which automatically implied an expulsion from the match.
"Of course (technical and non-sporting comments) influenced the game. Somewhere we were aggressive and did not look for the desired result," says Vecvagars. The coach pointed out that the rules are "as they are," but each judge can treat the episode differently.
Kaspars Berzins marked the return of the match in the ranks of the state, which broke out with great activity in the first half and scored 13 points throughout the match. However, the burden of ticket rates did not allow Berzins to be as vigorous as the end of the match. "Kaspars Bērziņš is well known to us and it was a positive charge, but I always insisted that the team had 12 players and that no one deserved to be underlined. At the beginning of the match, he received a hand match and we played a little more on him. "
Montenegro 's favorite coach, Zvezdan Mitrovič, thanked Arna Rīga' s supporters for the good atmosphere and congratulated their players, whose victory greatly improved their expectations for the event. entry into the World Cup final. "Thanks to the players for this clever game that lasted 40 minutes and allowed one more step towards the final."
The guest coach also thanked the Montenegrin club Budučnostj, which allowed four of its players to join the state before the responsible matches of Euroleague ULEB against Olympiacos. The Latvian national team, however, had to defeat all European basketball players, including Janis Timmas and Janis Strēlnieks, who represented Olympiacos.
Spain and Turkey are part of Group I of the European FIBA World Cup Group, with seven wins in nine games. The entry into the final is virtually guaranteed. Behind the Spaniards and Turks with five wins followed by Latvia, Ukraine and Montenegro. The last place of the group is Slovenia, champion of Europe, who can not win the title anymore. The top three teams in the group qualify for the finals of the 2019 World Cup.
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