Spanoulis: “Peristeri bwin has built a winning mentality – People have bonded with the team”

With the right… in the historic third round of the Stoiximan Basket League entered the Pigeon bwinwhich prevailed with 98-90 of the Colossus of Rhodes in “Andreas Papandreou”.

After the end of the match, the Peristeriot coach, Vasilis Spanoulistalked about winning mentality that his team has built by getting results even when they are not playing well, while he also referred to the anticipation that exists in the team and in the world for the match against Bonn for the quarterfinals of the Basketball Champions League

The statements of Vassilis Spanoulis in detail:



For the match: “It was the first game of the third round of the Stoiximan Basket League, something that happens for the first time in the Greek league. We had some ups and downs in our game, started a little sluggish and missed a lot of easy baskets. Defensively we weren’t good in the first 10 minutes, but then we played great defense in the second quarter and won 29-16 to turn the game around. We controlled the match throughout the second half, we couldn’t get over ten points, but that was always the difference. We didn’t play the defense we wanted, of course the Colossus push you to play in a lot of possessions, because that’s their style of play. We were excellent offensively, scoring 98 points again. Just on defense we could play better and protect our basket better. Congratulations guys, it’s another important win. The team has built a winning mentality, they play well, very well, excellent, sometimes average, but we find a way to win and that is very important and hard to build. When you really succeed, it’s very beautiful to live and see.”

For the upcoming match against Bonn for the quarter-finals of the Basketball Champions League and the encouragement of the crowd: “People have become attached to the team. It’s the city team, they see the extra effort we make. I believe these are historic moments for the club. They have anticipation, but we have to be humble and prepare the game well, have a good plan that the players will execute and we will be able to put on a very good performance. We are “baked” by such games, we have played in a terribly difficult Top-16, the most difficult group that has existed in the Basketball Champions League. We have also gone through Ritas Vilnius an excellent team that could continue in the BCL. We have the way, we know the way, we have to concentrate. One of the reasons why today and AEK we conceded a lot of points in our defense is because the kids are looking forward to this game, no matter how much we tried to convince them that we have to look at each match individually. A lot of kids didn’t have the opportunity to be in the play offs, subconsciously there is pressure on their minds. We now have to calm down and make our plan for the match against Bonn, watch the video and get ready for this very important game.”