To leave behind the defeat by Panathinaikos, playing… hungry, with strength and dedication against Armani Milano should Olympiakos, as stressed by Costas Papanikolaou.
THE international forward, spoke before the departure of the mission for the Italian city, initially saying that: “It is a very full team. Even now that Mitoglou was injured. Maybe someone does not notice this during the match, her roster is so full. When a team has this opportunity, to have so many players, of a good high level, it is automatically more difficult to face it “.
Speaking more specifically about racing features said: “They have size. They are a tall and strong team, while the fact that they also have Hines gives them the opportunity to play in different ways, with changes, with strong hedge outs, fast spins and even 5 comes out and it is like a guard coming out. All this makes a team very difficult, unpredictable and that is why I said before that mental concentration is the “key” in such matches. When you have to face a team with a set of so many good players, you have to be very focused to take advantage of every situation that will be in front of you and take advantage of every weakness or every small mistake that will be given to you during the match “.
For the defeat by him Panathinaikos at SEF, commented: “It was definitely a bad defeat. We lost a game at home from the eternal opponent, but so far. It is still November. There is a long way to go to stand in a match and lose our focus in the face of continuity. This is a very difficult game with one of the most formed teams, regardless of the fact that it has two defeats in the last two games. They are one of the best and most trained teams in Europe, which is why they need high concentration and great effort from all of us. We have to give our best to claim the chances we have for victory “.
Finally, on whether he feels that the “red and whites” they are stubborn and will react after this result: “I do not need to say anything. The issue is how we will react on the floor after such a defeat. This is the key. After Efes we reacted to the match against Maccabi, however, it is not a switch that you turn and it will happen every time after a bad defeat a good appearance. We must enter with hunger, with strength and dedication and claim the best we can get from this game “.
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