• Semifinal The double resurrection of Real Madrid, the disappointment of Mirotic and another accusation of Jasikevicius

The azulgrana hangover was hard.

And the bitter and absurd dish of the match for third place, to be played on Saturday against Olympiacos, does not fix anything.

In the blink of an eye, the whole picture of him was tangled.

And all the ghosts of the past returned suddenly, of

Aíto García Reneses, of Vrankovic

, of the evil fate of two titles in 16 appearances in the Final Four, the last one back in 2010. Of frustrating Real Madrid again and again, of unleashing the greatest crisis ever told of lasismo, to resurrect him when he lost by 13 already in the second half.

Everything is relative, of course.

A defeat of the eternal rival in the final against Efes would make the next ACB a more powerful relief.

But the thorn in the Euroleague is not so easily removed in a team made by and for.

Trains don't go by that easily and that's already two spent bullets and a handful of millions in the trash.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

was the man - Mirotic barely stopped with Euroleague television - who sparked controversy on Thursday night with his recurring accusations against his players.

To his lack of professionalism.

On Friday, before his training at the Stark Arena, he was softer.

He still hadn't found the reasons for the failure, although the most repeated word was murder instinct.

Specifically the lack of it.

"You have to kill the rival," repeated the Lithuanian, who, on his couch, pronounced: "I don't know where the solution lies. I don't know if this team needs another coach."

His players, despite the fights and public ridicule, seem to follow him to the death.

And some even buy his speech.

The captain spoke on that line.

"There are things in which he is right. We didn't have a killer instinct and on other occasions we didn't,"

Pierre Oriola

said .

Alex Abrines

also

spoke about the post, about not starting "with the right mentality in the third quarter."

"It's not just losing a game, it's losing the work of the entire season," admitted the forward.

"The state of mind is very bad," acknowledged Saras, who beyond the Endesa League playoffs that he will face from Tuesday against Gran Canaria, he must already think about next season.

Again there will be budget cuts and, as happened with

Claver or Hanga

last summer, some of their figures will have to leave.

The one that seems clearer is

Brandon Davies

, who is placed in Efes or Milan.

Dante Exum is

also out of contract, like

Roland Smits and Hayes

.

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