Vildosa: ‘We didn’t match Zalgiris’ energy – I still feel a bit scared’

THE Panathinaikos AKTOR he fought in Kaunas, however he did not take advantage of the opportunities given to him by Zalgiris due to too many mistakes and suffered an 80-68 loss, falling to 15-10 in the Euroleague.

After the match, Luka Vildosa he referred to what went wrong for the “greens” and led them to the negative result, but also how he himself feels after his sudden return to action, having recovered very quickly from external meniscus tear that he suffered.

In detail what he said:

For what they blamed for the defeat: “We didn’t dampen their energy. They played with a lot of contact, they are an experienced team that played at home and had the crowd with them.”

For the defense: “We were solid on defense, but we missed the rebounds. We were weak there, we let the centers fight by themselves. We have to keep working, we are not playing well away from home and we have to improve. We are still high in the standings and we have to show what kind of team we are next and what we can achieve.”

On his own post-injury situation: “I’m constantly improving. My knee is at about 80%. I feel no pain, but I still have one fear. After 23 days without a ball in my hands it’s difficult for me to go inside like I want. But I’ll be back soon.”