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21.02.2010 21:53

“We kept the best for the final”

Verònica Díez

Lakovic couldn’t have made it any clearer when he spoke to reporters just after the great victory against Madrid in the Kings Cup final: “We went up a notch in each game and kept the best for the final”. This is the team’s third trophy of the season.

Here are some of the players’ post-game comments:

Jaka Lakovic

“We went up a notch in each game and kept the best for the final”.

“We had a good all round performance, more in defence and in the rebound and that gave us the chance to run and impose our rhythm”.

“We train every day to win each game. Today we’re enjoying ourselves but tomorrow we’ll start work”.

Víctor Sada

“It was a perfect performance and it seems that we kept something back in the previous games. We were focussed and that was key. From the third quarter onwards the final was already over”.

“We have won the most recent titles and that gives you confidence. You can’t say that we’re getting used to winning. More than getting used to it, you like doing it. We’re a winning team and we have to carry on that way”.

“Bit by bit, things are going our way. Last year the football team started slowly and then won everything. Now we’ve shown what we can do but today that’s all over. Tomorrow’s another day and we’re not a team that let’s success go to our heads”.

“We played really well as a team but the defence was fantastic. We prepared really well and the coaches worked very hard because it’s difficult to prepare a game in just one day but they managed it”.

“We felt that it was a final. Today the defence has given us confidence in attack”.

Gianluca Basile

“We’ve beaten Real Madrid, Barça’s historic rival, and achieving all this is a dream. On the other hand I think that the important thing abut this team is that when things go badly, like against Cajasol and Valencia, we know how to suffer. This team has character and I’m proud to be here”.

“It depends on ourselves. We have the key to all the doors. The fact is when the important games come along then we’re there”.

Roger Grimau

“Firstly, I’d like to dedicate the victory to Oriol Bonsoms, our press chief, who couldn’t come”.

“Our wish was to finish Sunday soaked in Cava and we managed it”.

“We have set ourselves short-term objectives and this was the next one on the list. We’ve worked hard and this reward will help us to carry on fighting”.

“We began our quarterfinal against Cajasol with an excess of tension. The fact that we were so keen to do well, we were the favourites and we had to demonstrate why, all came together. Today we had a perfect performance, especially in defence”.

“Today we’ll celebrate this title, which we deserve for all it’s cost us to win it but we know that we have a vitally important game next Thursday”.

Lubos Barton

“I’m getting better. I’ve been with the team for more than seven weeks and I’m very comfortable. I just need to get into the game”.

“We struggled more against Cajasol and Valencia. The team was fantastic today in every aspect of the game”.

Fran Vázquez

“It wasn’t easy at the beginning. I believe our defence and later the defensive rebound were key”.

“We have to take each game as it comes. If we think right from the beginning that we’re going to win then we’re all committing a huge mistake”.