Difficult task with Bourges Mars

Aris is claiming qualification for the “16” of the EuroCup and at 20:00, welcoming the first team of the second group, Bourges, it is looking for the breakthrough that will bring it closer to the “knockouts”.

“Certainly, it’s a game that has a fairly high level of difficulty. Bourges is a pioneer in our group, but at the same time it is also first in the French championship behind only Monaco. So, we all understand the degree of difficulty of the match, since both teams are in great need of victory to continue in the institution.

We have to present ourselves as we always do, it is not a “final”. Whether we win or lose, we will not have secured qualification, nor will we have lost our hopes of advancing to the next phase. So, for us it is a very important game, with a sufficiently high level of difficulty that we must be fully prepared and give our best as we always do”, initially commented Yannis Kastritis.

Regarding the level of preparedness of the team, he emphasized that: “We will try to increase our good intervals in the game. It will not be easy because of the opponent, but also because the fatigue is accumulated. We know that we participate in two competitions, we compete every 2-3 days. When you have many sick and injured players and the rotation is continuous every 15 days, then definitely the fatigue is greater.

Unfortunately, from what it seems, the problems will be there in tomorrow’s match as well, we will have some absences. Therefore, the goal is to limit the “dead” spaces and to cover them with an even greater deposit of heart and soul on the floor.”

For the team’s energy on the court: “The kids play with a lot of pride, they bring out the good ego. I think that really, no matter what happens, no matter how many problems we have, in no case do we want to go down without a fight. We believe that by giving everything we have and don’t have, especially at home, victories come that may seem difficult, but in the end we get them”.