His mission Panathinaikos AKTOR left on Tuesday (23/1) for Belgrade ahead of the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, in order to train, but also to rest after the derby victory against Olympiakos, at OAKA.
Kostas Slukas will, of course, be out of the match against the Israelis as he has suffered a contusion and is expected to return to action in 10 days. Despite all that, Mr Ergin Ataman expressed his optimism that he will normally attend the following “devil’s week”, where the “greens” will face Armani Milano in OAKA (31/1, 21:15) and Zalgiris in Kaunas (2/2, 20:00).
“I believe that Kostas will be ready for the match with Armani. I believe that our medical staff together with Sluka’s effort will allow him to enter training at the start of next week. We need him a lot, because Vildoza is also out, as he had a meniscus operation. It is a big problem to play with one point. I am sure that Kostas will return for the next Euroleague matches. Against Maccabi we will try to deal with the situation with the significant absences of Kostas and Lukas“, initially said the Turkish coach.
Ahead of the match against Maccabi, he added: “Certainly, the match we won against Olympiacos gave the team the character of a winner. This is very important, because it is not possible to play very well in all matches. Sometimes you face problems but, in the end, we found a way to win, which gives us confidence going forward. We have a very important game ahead of us against Maccabi who we lost to in extra time in the first round match. It will be a tough game».
Source: Sport Fm
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