No surprise - Serbians were a way WAY better than Lithuanians. The way we played was kinda pathetic, and we were struggling a lot. Anyway, I hope we will improve by our next game. :} Congratz to Serbia. Well deserved victory.
Thanks I think that the Lithuanian team will rise in the following matches and that this defeat, even though is never good for one team, will serve well. There is more than enough individual quality in your team, and I still see as one of the contenders for the medal.
What to say about yesterday's match, I am really satisfied with both the result and the play. Even if we lost, I would be happy because of the approach of the whole team, but we played all 40 minutes on a very high level. Just like I said before the match, the key thing is to stop the Lithuanian backs (above all) from getting into the shooting series with tight and aggressive defense full of take-overs. We managed to do that, and I am very, very happy with how we played the defense. Since the backs were indeed cut off, had to look for solutions under the racquett where they have strong and tough centers, but it is not the traditional Lithuanian style of play, as if the shot functioned yesterday, it would've been different. By stopping Kleiza and Valanciunas we did most of the job. I think Jasikevicius is definetly missing here, but the team is very strong even like this, and as I said, I expect the rise in the following matches.
3 best players of our team were Krstic (traditionally), Nedovic (great in both defense and offense, and especially in counter-attacks where he is almost unstoppable) and Markovic (who played a very, very aggressive defense).
Now our next rival is . It will not be an easy match, as Bosnia has an imperative of victory and they play quite atypical. We shouldn't relax and underestimate them, but we must be serious from the start. The key to winning this match is to stop Teletovic as well as Gordi, Wright and Djedovic who was the best player against yesterday. I hope for the second victory.