Niklas: “There was a difference in level”

Thanos Niklas emphasized that Olympiacos fought in the first half against the mighty USK Prague, but in the second half they did not show the necessary concentration and easily accepted baskets from their opponents and gave a signal for the championship match with PAS Ioannina.

Analytically: “The level of difficulty was very high, we knew that from the beginning. Prague were finalists last year in the competition, they are the same team, they have been playing together for years, they came here in full force today. In the first half, if I exclude the first five minutes and how we started, I think we fought a lot.

In the second, unfortunately we didn’t have the necessary concentration, we gave them easy baskets, which we didn’t want, the difference “opened” more than the image we had and deserved. However, we cannot stop there. We continue, our goal remains the championship and on Saturday, we have a match against Ioannina”.

Megan Gustafson: “Sure, we were playing with a very good team, strong team, with good players, but I think we had a relatively good first half, until the middle of the match we had good elements. We have to keep that face for 40′, we didn’t, sometimes we relaxed, I think. We have to forget it and look ahead.”