In an excellent match from start to finish, the Pigeon bwin prevailed with his 76-71 Prometheus of Patras and got his first win this season in the Stoiximan Basket League.
After the match, Vasilis Spanoulis stressed that his team should be optimistic about the future as they are working hard, despite some negative results at the start of the season.
In detail what he said:
“Congratulations to Prometheus, they are a very good team. Congratulations to coach Papatheodorou, they are doing a very good job, they have started the year very well.
For our part, we did some things that are unreal, such as the 48 rebounds, 20 of which were offensive. It shows the mood, the self-sacrifice, but also the way we approached this game. We shot poorly, while we had a lot of free kicks and that kind of hurt our mentality offensively. I think 42-40 in the first half is unfair to us, but that’s basketball. We could have been at least ten points ahead of the score, we were playing very well. We made some tactical mistakes and they affected us. The fact that we had three defeats at the beginning of the year has affected us a bit and we definitely needed another win like today. The children fought, they gave their souls.
They deserve many congratulations, we continue. Basketball, as I said immediately after the end of the game, is a sport where you often get what you deserve in the long run. The glass should always be seen as half full, not half empty. We could have four wins, but we could also have none. The team that works hard and has a goal, in the long run will get what it deserves. I want to believe that my team at the end of the year will get what they deserve. We have to work every day, it’s the second game we’ve won after Falco Zompatelli, we’re showing signs of improvement. We are a new team, completely different from last year.
This is not easy. We try to find our philosophy, our chemistry, our psychology. When it’s a new team, they need wins, wins are often the medicine for psychology. We didn’t have much luck on our side, but I don’t believe in the luck factor, I believe in the work factor and self-awareness.”
Source: Sport Fm
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