Although he admitted that there is… feeling in his return to her headquarters Effects as an opponent, the Ergin Ataman he does not neglect duty even when departing from his mission Panathinaikou for Istanbul, he set as his only goal the victory in Tuesday’s game (19:30).
“I have good memories with Efes. With all the staff, the players, the president, the fans. But now things are different. There is professionalism in life. And we will try to win this match against Panathinaikos. For me, it will be quite an emotional charge to be there after such a successful period of my career, as well as for the history of Anatolou Efes. It will be nice“, said the Turkish coach.
As for how much Efes has changed compared to his own team up until last year? “They may have changed the system and the way they play, but the key players are the same. Like Larkin. They also brought in Thompson to replace Micic. I don’t know what is going on with the absences and injuries they will have in this match. What I know is that Hernangomet and Papapetrou have been absent from our team for a month now but we are trying to fill those positions. It will be a tough match for sure. Last week we lost in Belgrade and it was sad how we lost the match. A game we deserved to win, we played perfectly for 38 minutes but made ridiculous mistakes in the last two minutes. Efes had its biggest defeat against Red Star. We have a devil’s week with two difficult matches, but we will try to get the win».
Referring to the reaction he expects from his team after the defeat to Partizan, he said: “We didn’t have the time because after the match with Partizan we had the championship match. We will prepare the game in the regular part in Istanbul. We have several experienced players who understand how to manage situations in the last minutes. We lost three matches in the same way and luckily we lost it now and not in the future and more specifically in a match for the playoffs or in the Final Four».
Source: Sport Fm
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