Sfairopoulos on the sixth consecutive victory over Obradovic: “The statistics are for you”

THE Yannis Sfeiropoulos hats off to the Red Star players for the conquest of the Adriatic Leaguewhile he did not want to stop at his sixth consecutive victory over Zeljko Obradović’s Partizan.

“The stats are for you journalists. When I first came, we immediately had two consecutive games with Partizan and lost them, but it was too early. Now we were much better prepared to deal with them. It’s not easy to win the title at your big rival’s ground though, that’s why I’m proud of my players and hats off to them“, he emphasized.

“I want to congratulate my players for the title, the title belongs to them first and we dedicate it separately to Topic and Lazarević who were injured. We played great basketball throughout the series against a great opponent, with great coaching and players. This trophy comes after a difficult season with many injuries. We never played full, but we found a way to stay together“, he added.

He said about the atmosphere at Partizan’s stadium:The atmosphere was very beautiful. Some items fell on the floor, but mostly it was fine. I don’t understand Serbian, but they must have cursed us. However, it is something that happens everywhere».

Finally, about the episode between Nunali and Lazarević in Sunday morning training he said: “We are against all forms of violence. We are sports people and violence is against our principles and what we believe and stand for».