Yiannis Kastritis emphasized that Aris was never on the court in the first three quarters against Prometheus and found hesitancy against a quality team, he asked for consistency for the continuation, he does not consider fatigue and the “emptying” of the players from Europe as an excuse, analyzed the first half and called for proper management for the rest.
Analytically: “I think today we didn’t deserve to win, although in the end we got back into the game and hoped we could claim something. In no way were we entitled to win, however, as, once again, for two and a half, almost three quarters, we were not the ones we should have been on the floor and that has to do with energy and intensity on both sides of the floor.
We were hesitant, we weren’t decisive against a team like Prometheus. which, especially in his district, has children of great quality who can both create and execute. I think the only thing that the ending of the game showed us is how bad we should feel that we are wronging ourselves and I think that, from now on, we should never again allow each of us individually, but also collectively as a team to we have such long ‘dead’ spaces.
We all need to be on the same page and be as consistent as possible because we have proven that when that happens, we can do wonders. On the contrary, so far, especially in the last month, we choose to ‘shoot ourselves in the foot’, but we should immediately stop that.”
On the fatigue of the team: “We are not interested in excuses, the team did not ’empty’ because an ’empty’ team does not come back from twenty points in the last quarter, it has no strength. We for the umpteenth time, while at first we seem ’empty’, then we return. I am not pointing the finger at anyone, we all have responsibilities and we are wronging ourselves. The children made an extra effort during several competitions in Greece and Europe.
If we want to stay in it we are all happy, we will always try. Every time we show that we’re getting closer and it’s not even about the demands anyone else has on us, it’s just about the work we put in every day on the pitch. It’s a shame not to get those wins.”
About the team’s first half: “Sure, how we enter plays an important role, but also how we approach the games. One game is over and on Wednesday we have the next trip, if from now we don’t do the right recovery both in the mind and in the body, and to properly manage any result.
Everything that happened today started from the previous game, if you will, from the previous game. Individual responsibility does not exist, I will never say that.
We are new to this process, we have to learn as a team to manage any outcome. Especially when time passes and fatigue or emotions accumulate either of sadness or joy, then it needs an even more crucial approach to this part. We all need to stick together, we are all in this together, we need to get a little angry and stop doing this thing to ourselves because we don’t deserve it.
The lads are lads, to have five consecutive defeats it had to be like that, but we don’t deserve it, we could have been better without it, but if it means something, the road is long. At this moment we have to properly manage our emotions and the situation and react as immediately as possible.”
Source: Sport Fm
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