THE Panathinaikos AKTOR won harder than the final 90-75 shows Pigeon bwin and improved to 13-0 in the Stoiximan Basket League.
After the match, Ergin Ataman spoke at the press conference about the great fatigue in the team which affected their performance, expressed a little dissatisfaction with the refereeing of the match, and referred to his proposal Christou Serelis let the “x-factor” enter Dimitris Moraitis.
His statements in detail:
“It was the most difficult game in the Greek league for two reasons. Peristeri bwin is one of the best teams and after a hell of a week of travel, as we just got back to Athens yesterday and were traveling all night, they did it this way. We didn’t get into the game well and we weren’t motivated. But in the second half we realized that if we are not motivated and aggressive we will lose.
We started soft and tried to control the match without making an effort and being aggressive. But in the second half we realized that if we don’t have those elements, then we will lose. In the 3rd quarter, Christos (s.s. Serelis) told me to put on Moraitis to apply pressure and it was a great decision. Moraitis had more energy and thanks to his aggression we changed the momentum. And the whole team started playing aggressively. Offensively we had a good match. It was a very important victory for us.
I will definitely see the mistakes of my players because for three quarters we made a lot of mistakes. I hope the refereeing committee will also look and analyze the referees. To see if they were good or not. They know more than I do. If I analyze my players, then they must also analyze the referees and make decisions. If they were right, then fine.
Everyone should be ready. It’s something we also said in the locker room. And Efes played in the Euroleague and the Turkish league. And they have injured people and we have, like Papapetrou. And I expect the stadium to be more than full, because when the players are tired psychologically and physically they get energy from the people. We saw it today too, when it wasn’t sold out, but how important it was.”
Source: Sport Fm
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