Defeated by Spain’s Real Madrid 88-74 in the first-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Anadolu Efes head coach Velimir Perasovic stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:
“Congrats to Real Madrid, they played better. I think our game was conditioned by the very bad first quarter when they opened a big advantage. After that we came back in the end of third quarter and the beginning of the final quarter, we have had a good energy to make a positive result and but we failed to take the lead. I can say nothing about the fight of the team, we fought well. But with bad percentages of the shots and having only few assists, it is not enough to win against a team like Real Madrid.”