Chus Mateo: "We must play a serious game against Bayern, because it will be extremely demanding"

   MADRID, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Real Madrid coach, Chus Mateo, warned that this Tuesday's match (8:30 p.m.) against Bayern, corresponding to matchday 13 of the Euroleague, will be "highly demanding", so they must "be prepared and do a serious game", at the same time that the confirmed withdrawal of Gabriel Deck and the return to the call of Walter Tavares advanced.

"All the Euroleague games are very demanding. Bayern have players who have been playing together for a long time. They are good one-on-one, the outsiders shoot well from three points with the ability to score a lot and they rebound really well in attack. They play in home and we must be prepared and play a serious game because it will be extremely demanding", he analyzed in statements published by the club and collected by Europa Press.

Bayern's will be the first of three games away from home in six days -Bayern, Zalgiris and Tenerife-, but the coach insisted that they do not make "excuses at all", because "the calendar is what it is". "The players give themselves to the maximum but staying the whole season is difficult. There are days when the head is not there or the physique is not there, but we face it as it comes, there is no point in complaining," he said.

After not participating in the last Endesa League match against BAXI Manresa, Walter Tavares returns to the team, while Gabriel Deck continues to be absent. "He does not travel because he is still sore in the overloaded area and we do not want to take risks with him. He is close to returning, but we are not going to risk it. He has an overload in the quadriceps after a blow that occurred in the game against Fenerbahce and he has two pain points," he explained.

"(Adam) Hanga has a little more to go than Rudy (Fernández), but soon I hope to have good news. Rudy is doing things with the team, but without contact. With Hanga we will have to wait until he is completely well once injury from which he has already had a couple of relapses", he completed about the physical state of the squad.