Papapetrou: “We have taken many steps forward but we still haven’t conquered anything”

In detail what he said:



On whether there is fear for the game against Alba: “There is a vigilance, as in all games after all. It doesn’t mean anything where everyone is in the standings or if we have goals at the moment and Alba doesn’t have a standings goal. There is alertness, there is concentration, there is preparation. All this normally as we have done in the other games to go in and give our best tomorrow. Besides, what we are claiming at the moment, I don’t know if there is a greater motivation than victory and we are talking about a stadium that became sold-out very quickly and we want to thank our fans as well”.

As for whether 2nd place is a reward for the world: “Yes, it’s a success. We will do our best to succeed and finish it because it is not over yet. We have taken many steps forward but still have not conquered anything. Our goals are in front of us and we have to focus and be able to be at our best now that everything is judged”.

On whether home advantage is a security: “It’s an advantage, that’s why they call it an advantage. Obviously we will be playing at home in front of our world at a venue that we all know is one of the toughest in Europe. It gives us an edge, but all the teams playing in the playoffs are very skilled, very dangerous, very competitive. For us it is very important to approach the games one by one. The play-offs are a bit far at the moment. We have to focus on winning tomorrow, we have a demanding schedule on Monday as well. It’s very important to take the games one by one, when the time comes hopefully we can finish 2nd, see who our opponent is that we don’t know yet and prepare for what is our big challenge”.