Dabrauskas: “Antetokounmpo said there is no such thing as failure in sports – Let’s find the positives”

A reference to Giannis Antetokounmpo was made by Valdas Dabrauskas in his weekly interview!

His coach OFIproceeded to take stock of this year, saying that the words of the Greek superstar show the… way to find what went well and what didn’t this year so that next year the team will do better.

Valdas Dabrauskas’ statements in detail:

For the points lost by the team this year:

“You saw with Ionikos that we did not win and the people were happy as if we had won. But the thing is, we didn’t win. If we take, for example, the games with Ionikos at home are 5 lost points. And with Levadeiakos also another 5 points. Think if we had those grades. This year’s will play a role, it is the details that will determine whether you will go to the top six of the playoffs or not.

However, I don’t know if this is enough. We have positives, but we have to grow, we have to be better. We have to learn from the lessons. “Jedi Koule” must become a headquarters that everyone fears, this must change. What we definitely earned is respect because in every game we gave it our all».

For the last game of the season:

“Now we have one more game, we continue the work and we want to win on Saturday. There are many positives to be found in the last game of the year. Our first goal with Panaitolikos is victory and we are not going to change our philosophy. We want to be ready to claim victory».

On what he kept from this season:

“What will I remember from this season? There were many games, we had good and bad moments, it was a difficult season, but you see that now that we have reached the end, everyone is thinking about the good, the atmosphere is positive. Giannis Antetokounmpo said there is no such thing as failure in sports. What we need to do is find the positives and the negatives, work on the positives and not repeat the negatives.

I always believe that a game is won or lost in training. The players gave everything, we had good communication. I can’t single out any game in particular, I certainly don’t forget the loss to Ionian or the bad spell with Levadeiakos before our turnaround and victory. I will definitely remember the 0-4 win over Panaitolikos, also the games against Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were remarkable. Overall we learned a lot».

For the summer transfer market:

“It is difficult to answer what number of transfers we will make. We might say we need, for example, one or two or five transfers and then a team comes to buy one of your players and you have to replace him. There are many who play a role in a team, returning players from loan, some may not be happy with their playing time. We want a roster of 25-26 players. The important thing is that we have a trunk. We have expiring contracts, let’s talk to the players and see what they think».

For the team roster:

“All the players gave their best, even the ones who didn’t play much. We have never lost a player as a personality. They always came to training and gave their best and that’s important. People may have complaints from some players, but if they come to training they will see that everyone is giving 100% and that is something that makes me happy. Everyone was dedicated and everyone deserves respect and congratulations».