Ares-Cluj: To continue the streak against the Romanians, the “yellows”

Her Cluj Ares faces in Alexandrio (20:00), in the context of the 5th competitive phase of EuroCup.

The “yellows” will compete with an elevated mentality, as after the two consecutive victories in the competition, they prevailed in the AEK in the Basket League and now they want to continue the streak and move up to the 3-2.

After the two defeats by Gran Canaria and Panevezys at home and away respectively, the Thessaloniki team achieved two very important victories, the first against Turk Telecom and the second at the seat of the – theoretically – weakest team in the group, Slask Wroclaw in Poland.

On the other hand, Cluj is in the 2nd place of the ranking with a record 3-1 and this is an aggressive team, having, of course, some defense problems, because of her playing style as well. This is also the point that Aris should “hit” if he wants to reach another victory, combined with a good and tough defense, but also to impose his own rhythm.

“There is no “should.” We put the greatest pressure on ourselves every day. There is a “must” only in training. We want to be the best version of ourselves and give 100%. We have never set specific goals, we look at each game individually, we know that we are facing teams with bigger budgets, but without that scaring us. Pressure in everything to do with the result per se, does not exist. The pace is so fast and the game sequence is so short that really what we have as a philosophy is always looking at the next game. Every time a match ends we have to see what level we are at, what we can improve and after a few hours we have to be ready for the next game. It’s good not to limit anything, I think that within reasonable frameworks as time goes by we will reach the point we want and desire”, were the words of the “yellow” coach, Yannis Kastritis ahead of the match.