Papatheodorou: “The difference does not reflect the image of the match, we are proud of our effort”

Statements after his team’s defeat by Olympiakos in the second semi-final for the Final 8 of the Greek Cupdid Prometheus’ coach, Ilias Papatheodorou.

After congratulating his players, he emphasized that the final score did not reflect the image of the match, while also expressing his complaints about the refereeing.

“Congratulations to our players for our very good performance, I think the difference does not reflect the picture. The technical penalty on Cowan, which took him out of the game, was crucial for us. I don’t understand why technical penalties are so easily given and the course of matches is determined. We are proud of our effort against an excellent team, who always play at 100% and respect their opponent.

I wish we were closer to the score for a longer period of time and after four days everyone would not be concerned about what will happen in the Final 8. There are other teams in Greek basketball. Since we want to copy situations, we have to give the possibility to other teams to fight for goals that are very difficult but not impossible”he said characteristically.

For his part, Prometheus’ guard, Anthony Cowanstated that: “It is an honor for us to have played in this competition. Olympiacos is a very strong team, we fought until the end, but we couldn’t stay in the game until the end and unfortunately we didn’t manage to win”while for Sunday’s final, he said: “I don’t have an answer, I just hope it’s a good game”.