Prekas: “We paid for the lost rebounds”

Petros Prekas emphasized that the women’s national basketball team faced big bodies, focused on the lost rebounds and the injury of Elena Cineke and gave a signal for Sunday’s match against the Czech Republic.

Analytically: “It was a very difficult game for us, we knew it from the start, as Italy have big bodies. At the beginning of the match we also lost Elena Tsineke and we were down one player.

I’m happy, we gave a great effort and I think the game was lost in the rebounds and the fact that Italy had tall players. We are going to rest and turn our attention to the game against the Czech Republic.”

Artemis Spanou said: “We started the game a bit badly, but then through our defense we found a rhythm. Of course, the defeat is not what we wanted, but we managed to keep the score as low as we could, given that we didn’t have Fasoula, while Elena Chineke was also injured at the start.

In the game we lost some rebounds that we shouldn’t have, which gave Italy the opportunity to make second attacks and find scores. Overall, we played a tactical game with focus and energy. We continue, as we have the game against the Czech Republic and stay focused to go and win.”