For the return to victories against the “dangerous” Maccabi, Panathinaikos

His second game in the “devil’s week” of the Euroleague will be against Maccabi Tel Aviv Panathinaikos at OAKA (21:15).

Of course, this is a game special conditions, then what has been happening in recent weeks in Israel. In fact, the hotel where Kata’s team is staying is a top secret, while they will exist draconian security measures, both during her departure for the stadium and inside it.

As for the greens, they want to get back to winning ways after losing to Fenerbahce in Istanbul three days ago (83-69), in a match that he failed to -essentially- claim. On the plus side, his participation Dino Mitoglou in part of yesterday’s training, while his presence in the 12 will be decided a few hours before the jamball, with the odds, however, not being on his side.

“Against Fenerbahce we didn’t play well, but this is the Euroleague. It’s not easy to win away from home. Fener is a very good team and they started the game very well. After the first quarter we had no chance to get back into the match. But, every game is different. In our first two games at OAKA in the Euroleague, we played good basketball, even though we lost to Olympiakos in overtime.

Tomorrow will be a different match, the Euroleague is very tough. Every match is different because of that and we should immediately forget our defeat against Fenerbahçe. We definitely analyzed our mistakes immediately after our return from Istanbul, but now all our attention is on the match against Maccabi”. were his words Ergin Ataman ahead of the match.

On the other hand, the return to positive results will also be sought by the Israelis, after the defeat in Valencia from the team of the same name on Wednesday. It should be noted that in the said match, they were on the field only about 2000 followers of the hosts, fearing any threat due to the presence of Maccabi in the Spanish city.

“We felt a very strange feeling yesterday as we didn’t know what to expect, how we would feel and what state we would be in. Now, we know what to expect, having lived this experience. We have to find a way to present ourselves with more energy and I hope that the match against Valencia helped us find our rhythm after two weeks of inactivity. As always, our hearts go out to our people back home and we hope to empower and make them happy.” the coach of the “people’s team” said about tonight’s game, Odette Katas.

In the competitive part, his absence remains very important Wade Baldwin, who is expected to return to action in November.