Mitoglou: “We have built something good, let’s keep it and live it”

THE Panathinaikos AKTOR he had his mind on Maccabi and was forced by the Pigeon bwinbut finally got the victory (93-88) thanks to the terrible Ntino Mitoglou.

The Greek forward, who counted 25 points in the match, he spoke after the match on ERT about the season of the “greens”, about the games with Maccabibut also for his own personal performance.

His statements in detail:

“First of all, I would like to express my condolences to the coach, it is difficult to lose people close to us. Stay strong, we are waiting for him to come back to continue the fight we have all started together. We knew what a team Peristeri is, an excellent team, they just made it to the Final-4 and I wish them a good course. A very difficult game, we made the mistake and started slowly, Peristeri took a lead. We tried to focus on the play-offs game and that was wrong. This laxity should not exist. I want to congratulate Peristeri, it was a very difficult game and I wish them the best of luck.”

For looseness in defense: “The truth is that offensively we had no issues. We have many options in attack, defense was our issue because we were punished, we didn’t rotate properly. When we increased our intensity then we got a difference. The level in the league has gone up a lot and I’m happy. You have to be ready always thinking always about winning.”

As for whether everything is judged at this point: “It’s the point where there are basically two months left. There is all the fatigue and weariness. It’s normal and we haven’t rested at all. It’s our job. It would be a shame to throw away all the effort we put in this year. We have built something good, together with our people from the first to the last in the team, to keep it and live it.”

For his appearances: “It’s very difficult to keep yourself on an upward trajectory. There will be ups and downs and I think that’s normal. As an athlete you have to think about the next day. You have to learn to move forward, you can’t be on an upward trajectory all the time. You will also play a bad game.”

For Maccabi: “A very difficult team, very athletic. From tomorrow we start our work on it. We have two sold-out games, we want to use our crowd and today was very crowded. I’m very happy to see families and children on the pitch.”