Platha: “We showed our players the history of the team by showing the movie ‘1968’”

She got her first win of the season on Tuesday night (10/17). AEK Betsson BCwhich prevailed with a difficult score 84-79 of Ludwigsburg in the premiere of the Basketball Champions League.

Speaking at the press conference, the technician of “Enos”, Joan Plathareferred to the importance of tonight’s victory, the details that decided the match against the Germans, but also the… club history lessons given this week to the players by viewing movie “1968”!

Joan Platha’s statements in detail:



For the win over Ludwigsburg: “It is true that we needed the victory, mainly for psychological reasons. We’ve been talking about it all week. Surely if someone had to bet their money on us, 2 minutes before the end of the match, no one would bet on us winning. We did it, we showed that we are a good team and what we can do. We just need time to improve. We have shown what we are capable of.

You can’t have someone come into your house and take 22 offensive rebounds from you. I can’t accept it. It is as if the adversary comes to your house, steals your property, your wife, your children. And to win by making only 2 three-pointers. You need to do a lot of good things to win. It shows that we have a very good team since we managed to beat a very good opponent. Against Olympiakos we were pretty good at three-pointers. One time Jordan, one time Ben, they might not score points at all, but we don’t just depend on them. Basketball is a sport that cannot steal you. The players have learned while I’ve been here that we have to believe until the last second that we can win.”

About what changed after the Lavrio game: “I will never lie. We lost with Lavrio. Indeed. We have to improve as a club. Let’s see how Lavrio did it and wake up. Everyone says we have a good roster. You have to show it on the field. We showed our players the history of the team this week by showing the film, 1968. You can’t play alone. We try to teach them the history of the team. We need time. Bartzokas told me that he has 9 players from last season. A coach in San Antonio said you need 2 years to build the team you want. Here we want wins yesterday. Generally in Europe, Spain, Turkey, Italy. We were competitive with Olympiakos and the same tonight. I hope we continue strong in the season.”