THE Panathinaikos “flew” on Tuesday morning to Spain, where he will face on Wednesday Real in Madrid and on Friday Baskonia in Vitoria. Out of Dejan Radonić’s plans are the injured Mateus Ponitka and Lefteris Mantzoukasas well as the unprepared Lefteris Bohorideswhile Matt Thomas has yet to be announced and integrated into the team.
Despite the problems and the high level of the opponents, the Montenegrin coach expects his players to be in a fighting mood. “It will be a very tough game for sure. Real is an excellent team, one of the best in the Euroleague. It has many very quality players and is in very good shape at the moment. In this match we need to bring the same energy on the floor that we had in the second half of the game against Zalgiris and play good defense against an incredibly talented team offensively. We have to go there and play with energy, be focused and fight for 40 minutes. Our situation is not good because we still have a lot of injury problems. As I said two days ago, Poditka is still out of training, while Mantzoukas and Bohorides will probably start training this week. With the available players we go to Madrid to give everything“, he emphasized.
As for whether the second half against Zalgiris is a guide, he said: “I think we should keep the approach we had in the second half. That energy and fighting spirit we showed on the field. We played our best defense of the year and we should continue like that».
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