Spanoulis: “I try to inspire my players, to understand what such a match means”

THE Vassilis Spanoulis he has in front of him the first big challenge of his coaching career, as on Thursday the Pigeon bwin confronts him PAOK at “Dyo Aorakia” for the quarterfinals of the Final 8 Cup.

“I expect my team to show up mentally ready for such a game. We have prepared well, we have nothing to hide from the opponent after we have played two official matches for the league and one friendly. We have worked for a knockout game and I think our players have understood well what we want to achieve,” Kill Bill pointed out.

“All these matches are special, rebounds, mistakes, percentages play a big role… PAOK is a very good three-point team. All of that will play into it, it’s a knock out game and often the tactics in these games go into the second day. Many times in such matches it is more a matter of approach to the game and a matter of the day“, he added.

As for how he mentally prepares his players, since there have been… a number of such games in his career on the floor? “This is my job now, in what I have chosen to pursue. I try to convey my experiences, the way I thought, to inspire many of the children and let them understand what such a game needs“, he said.