Spanoulis: “Well done to my players, but we just made it 1-0”

Satisfied with the break his team made in Vilnius, his coach appeared Pigeon bwin, Vasilis Spanoulis.

“It was the first game in a row with Ritas. They are a close team, they have been playing together for years and they have a great organization and a good coach. They know how to play the game. We prepared well for the match, we were focused and had a good image. We executed our plan very well and stuck to our philosophy. I want to congratulate my players for the win, but we have a series ahead of us and we just made it 1-0. We need to see what we did wrong and fix it,” Kill Bill pointed out.

“We had very good spacing and made good decisions, that in basketball is very important. My players were relaxed mentally and committed. We had 26 assists in a stadium with a great atmosphere and the way we handled the game was what we needed. We learned our lesson last year since Ritas are a good team both last year and this year and now we corrected what we needed to and made it 1-0“, he added.

When asked about Marcus Foster’s transfer to Rita’s in recent days, he remarked: “It was his first game, he is one of the top players in the BCL and we know him well. We knew that and we knew that he is not a new player for Ritas. We prepared not only for him but for the team as a whole which is difficult for anyone to face».

Finally, about how difficult it is to coach a team with many changes in its roster compared to last season, he emphasized: “I won’t lie to you, it is extremely difficult and painful in my mind. Some players went to the Euroleague and that makes me happy, but we had to build the team from scratch. We spent many hours on the pitch and on video, my players are motivated».