Rodriguez: “Panathinaikos is a talented team – the game is different because of the break”

THE Panathinaikos AKTOR hosted by Real in Madrid (29/02, 21:45, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247) for its 27th matchday Euroleaguewanting to make the breakthrough to continue the top four run.

The experienced Madrid guard, Sergio Rodriguezdescribed the “greens” as a talented team with good players, while he emphasized the special condition that this match takes place after an interruption.

In detail what he said:

For the match against Panathinaikos AKTOR: “Panathinaikos is a very talented team, they are having a good season. He has players he picked up who are proving to be important to him. It’s also a slightly different game due to the fact that we’re coming from a break after the Copa del Rey and the windows.”

For the resumption of the Euroleague: “It is important that we are back in good shape and we are looking forward to playing at the WiZink Center again. We must continue in the same way. We won the Copa del Rey and we approach this second part of the season with a different feeling. We have a lot of depth in the team and we showed that all year with the schedule we had.”

For team spirit: “We are having a very good season, we are winning, playing good basketball and having fun. This obviously helps. But we know that it is a very long season and we will face a period of great pressure and tension. We must be fresh physically and mentally. We are here to compete for every trophy.”