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This match pissed me off.
We shot better, we made more assist, we had better ratings, we had better matchups. And we lost.
I can't find a good reason, since basically despite their prediction our flow was brilliant, we did it great on offense.
Rebounding continues to be an issue unfortunately, but indeed losing a match because of our free throws % makes me really sad.
This was a match to win, we lost, so basically now our championship road is really difficult. I hope to find a way to come out, but by the way thanks to you because the roster was greatly shaped.
Unluckily first matches need primaries more than secondaries, in the Asia championship we usually have time to recover primaries during first group, now we're struggling since opponents are really tough.

Oh by the way congratulations to Peru for a great match.

Last edited by NdR619 - Pilipinas U21 at 3/4/2019 3:23:10 PM

I won't do anything intentionally to let you down, because this would be unfair and because I like you. Furthermore, I always play to win so clinching the 5-0 in the first round is my goal

However, all that said, Perù could potentially crunch in the last game and this is something that might complicate the equation

I have eyes everywhere!

I'm joking, I usually take a look now and then to foreign forums, but that's only empathy for a friend and his community. I'm glad at least I managed to defeat with a huge amount of points Israel to provide you a chance

If there's someone who could give a chance to Philippines in such a tough situation that's NdR so...best of luck! And give him good game shapes!

By the way, I could eventually take a gamble on Perù considering my position, but I have no intention to lose against them considering I'd take forward a loss ^^

Technically it's not over. If we beat Israel we can go on to the 2nd round at least.
Let me say that this season everything seems to run in the unlucky way. With cargado in we were leading and sinking shots with good percentage.
Cargado out for fouls after only 15 mins despite a foul avg in my league below 3 pf per game. They shot 35 free throws to 10...
Something really unpredictable like the bad luck vs Peru in a match we should have won.
That said, Spain in the end deserved the victory, unfortunately our shape in big men was really poor, with only tobes at 9 (but tobes is way worse than the others).
Spain had three big men between 800k and 1m dmi. Ours were only around 400k.
I am not that sad generally speaking because we are displaying good talented players and our goal is still to keep on growing. But obviously you know how competitive I am, losing matches in this way makes me a bit angry. 😔😡

Now it's definetly over. Well, shapes were quite clear on Friday. We lost Gamosa and have many players dropping while Israel had the entire roster at 9.
Without gamosa our inside offense was worthless, so our only choice was to keep shooting but indeed Israel sealed the deal.
It's really strange to make comments on these matches, I mean we were weaker than the others, it's clear especially in primaries which count more in this very earliest stage. But taking a look at every match and vs Peru we should have won, vs Spain and vs Israel free throws made a lot of difference.
We can say both matches were decided by our unusual foul tendency, which is something we can partially explain with more defense needed, but I feel we were incredible unlucky.
That said, seeds for the future are really good 😊
Tobes Domingo Buiza and Mente look very promising. We will have to find some backcourt depth but generally speaking next season we will try to be better than this. Me too, firstly, if you still want to give me the chance to be your coach.

Thanks to everyone for your support, this season will continue with friendlies and tests 😊