Kastritis: “My players are fighters, they should feel proud of themselves”

On Wednesday night, Mr Mars battled to the end, however, could not avoid an overtime home loss to score 99-88 from the German champion, Ulm, for the 8th matchday of the EuroCup.

Despite this negative result, the coach of the “yellows”, Yannis Kastritiss, he praised his players and the effort they put in, while he also commented on the performances of Kar and Persidis.

The statements of Yannis Kastritis in detail:



For the match: “I would like to congratulate my players who should be proud of themselves. I know how upset they are. They really wanted the win, to stop the losing streak and they did their best despite the problems we had to deal with before and during the match. My players are fighters. Obviously we are not happy because we lost but I have no complaints. We have to keep our heads up and focus on the next game.”



For the referees’ decisions: “I won’t comment on the refereeing, I don’t either. I understand the phases you are referring to. I will repeat that the lads put in a tremendous effort and should be proud. I don’t have a picture of some phases, I want to see them like the ones you tell me or what happened to the technical penalty at the end of regular time”.

For Carr and Persidis: “No matter what happens, we will be there and we will fight. I think we haven’t realized how difficult it is. Since the beginning of the year we have had two or three injuries, the games are continuous and of a high level but the team is always there. I know we like to talk about one or the other but the team gives the answers themselves. I don’t want to talk about one player in particular, but to see the team always being there and it is.”