Pascual Refuses to Explain Petrusev's Absence!

Pulse Sports Team 19:46 - 08 October 2026

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet defeated Dubai 77-58 in Round 4 of the EuroLeague, with the Middle Eastern side's head coach Xavi Pascual speaking to the press after the contest.

Live coverage of the Dubai vs Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet game was available on Sportal

The Spanish tactician was thoroughly disappointed with his team's display after they were held to just 58 points, an uncharacteristically low offensive output for them.

Congratulations to Zvezda on the victory, this was 40 minutes of disaster for us. We only competed in the opening 10 minutes, after which we completely lost control. We were static, lacked energy, and were extremely erratic shooting the ball, particularly from three-point range. A terrible night for us.Xavi Pascual

Filip Petrusev did not play a single second during the contest. Pascual refused to reveal why the Serbian international remained on the bench.

I would rather not comment on that, it is a technical decision.Xavi Pascual

As Pascual stressed once more, it was simply an awful day at the office in every aspect for his squad.

I repeat once again, our execution was non-existent. We couldn't hit shots even when we had looks. This is a disaster for us. We didn't play our brand of basketball—it was one of those days where you just cannot figure out what is going on. The players trained well leading up to this.Xavi Pascual