• Euroleague: Real Madrid rummages in Baskonia's wound

And Josean Querejeta's patience ran out. The president of Baskonia did not want to say goodbye to his coach, after the hard defeat he suffered on Thursday against Real Madrid in Buesa, but he has not let the temperature drop too much. Velimir Perasovic is no longer a coach of the Barça team, a final announced for weeks that has been consummated this Friday. The Croatian leaves office with the 13th team in Euroleague (6 wins and 9 losses) and 6th in ACB League (7 and 6).

In spite of everything, it is not the results that have caused the abrupt end of the third stage of 'Pears' in front of the baskonista bench. The sensations offered in the last month have been appalling, reflected in five major beatings in European competition. In 35 days, Baskonia has fallen by 30 points to Maccabi , 32 to Panathinaikos , 25 to Efes , 28 to Valencia and 20 to Real Madrid. Except for the white team, all those rivals have scored at least 100 points, evidencing the team's defensive deficiencies.

In words spread through the Baskonia website, Perasovic shows his thanks to the club "for the opportunity it has given me to be able to work in a place that will always be very special for me. Of course, to the public that has always supported us, when the things have gone well but also when we have needed it most. I understand that the team needs a change and I wish from the heart good luck and that everything goes well ".

The injuries have not helped Perasovic, who returned to the Barca bench 13 months ago replacing Pedro Martínez. Jayson Granger was seriously injured in the first game of the season, Patricio Garino broke the crusader a month ago and Luca Vildoza dragged trouble for weeks. Sergi García, a low profile base, has been the only player who has come to Vitoria to alleviate the casualties. Beyond that, players like Nik Stauskas, Matt Janning and Michael Eric are performing well below what was expected of them, thus ballasting a team that has been relying on Toko Shengelia's heroics for a long time.

For all this, Querejeta has decided to dismiss his coach midway through the third consecutive season, after doing so with Prigioni (in fact it was the Argentine who resigned) and Pedro Martínez. As reported by the club, Josep María Berrocal is the new Baskonist coach and will debut on Sunday against San Pablo Burgos. The Catalan coach was currently Perasovic's assistant and last year he trained Movistar Estudiantes.

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