Eleni Capoyianni emphasized that Panathinaikos was good in the first 35′ against Mechelen, but then unjustified mistakes were made and many rebounds were lost against a Euroleague level team, as she characterized it, she congratulated and turned her attention to the A1 derby against in Olympiakos.
In detail: “I think today we were very good for about 35′ but, when the ball was ‘heavy’ at the end, we made tragic mistakes. Essentially, we killed ourselves, gave goal-fouls, made unnecessary mistakes, missed rebounds from shots, in general we did everything to give the match to Mechelen.
We stood very well for the longest part of the match, we confused them with our tactics and we must not forget that the opponent is a team of Euroleague level. In the final minutes, however, we retreated as minds and as personalities. I want to congratulate my players because they really tried and now our minds and our preparation are focused on the match against Olympiakos”.
Courtney Range said: “Unfortunately we didn’t get the win today, as to win at this level we have to play the full 40 minutes at a high pace. For us, tonight’s match was a lesson and we don’t want to repeat similar mistakes in the future. We have a long way to go, we leave this match behind and we will look for big victories in the next matches”.
Source: Sport Fm
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