Panagiotis Kalaitzakis emphasized that he enters the field to rest the main guards of Panathinaikos and to give energy with his defense, he described the family atmosphere in this year’s team, he asked them to go match by match and stood by Giorgos Papagiannis.
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On his own pivotal role: “The coach didn’t say anything to me, I know my job, as I’ve said at other times I go in and do what I know. My job is to come in and rest some guys, I give energy with my defense and I’m very happy about that.
All the players in these games live for it, we all want to hit a big shot that gets the crowd going, but these matches are won by defense. I am very happy because this year we are a family.”
On whether they are thinking about the seventh star: “I won’t say too much about it, it’s still a long way off, last week with Armani I looked a lot ahead and then came two defeats in a row. Let’s go step by step, now we see AEK and then the final-8 and we’re going to lift the first title of the year”.
On Papagiannis and his return to OAKA: “It was definitely very difficult for Papagiannis to return here, while he was here he loved the team, last year was a very difficult year and the responsibilities fell on him after the bad results, I am happy for him he left Greece and found the next stage of his career”.
Source: Sport Fm
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