THE Women’s National Team scored her first victory in the pre-season friendlies, beating Israel 80-69 in the closed of Agios Thomas. Shortly after the end of the match, the federal coach Petros Prekas and the captain of the team, Katerina Sotiriou, spoke about the match.
THE Petros Prekasemphasized: “It was a good friendly for us, we had a very good pace for 30 minutes and that’s what it’s all about for us. We tried a lot of shapes, did a lot of rotation and I’m pretty happy. We are waiting for people to come to support our effort at the “Vasso Beskaki” tournament. We will continue to work in many areas. We are almost two weeks away from EuroBasket and we are still adding things to our game. We will put other pieces in the tournament».
From the side of Katerina Sotiriou commented: «It’s our first win in pre-season. In friendlies we are constantly fixing things in our game and adding more. In defense we will be able to do even better, as well as in rebounds. These are parts we are still working on, we have several days until Eurobasket and we believe we will be ready there. It would be very nice if the world helped in this effort that we have started and we will be happy if they support us in the “Vasso Beskaki” tournament, which will have even stronger games».
Source: Sport Fm
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