Proud of his team and players, said Elias Kanzouris after the 92-78 win over Galatasaraywhich brought her AEK in the quarter-finals of the BCL. However, he admitted that Janis Strelnieks’ Achilles injury, which seems serious, dampened his joy.
“I think we have achieved something really great, given the conditions and what we have been through since the start of the season. I feel like nobody believed in us since the… draw. But we went through two very difficult groups against very good opponents with bigger budgets. We faced a lot of injuries but we stayed alive because of the character of the players“, emphasized the coach of “Union” and added:
“I am proud of what we have achieved. Unfortunately, I can’t enjoy it as much as I would like because of the injury to Strelnieks, which looks quite serious, but also to Williams, which looks less serious. We will see their situation, but what I have to say is that with the players we have available we will fight until the end. I consider it a great achievement to qualify, congratulations to the team, the organization, above all the players and a big thank you to the world that today you felt would melt the opponent».
THE Brydon Lemar on the part of the players he said: “It was a very competitive game. I’m very proud of how they competed. We knew how important the match was against a very good team».
The coach of Galatasaray, Andreas Pistiolissaid in turn: “I want to congratulate AEK, they were better than us. In the end we lacked energy, we had a very difficult schedule, but in the last minutes the opponent had more strength. We have to regroup because we have a lot of games ahead of us».
Source: Sport Fm
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