Priftis: “We have absences but we will fight, the National above all”

Ready for. Warwith all the players he has at his disposal, said Dimitris Priftisin the standard press conference in view of tomorrow’s home match of Panathinaikos with the Red Star!

At the same time, the Greek coach stressed that Our national team is above alland this was evident from the movement of the “greens” to concede George Papagianni in our representative team even though there is a match …

Initially referred to what should a coach do after losing a goal“The coach has to come closer to his players, look at the next day and manage it separately. He must continue to work with the players. The fact that there are continuous competition obligations does not let you think much, it is a positive part, on the other hand we have several issues that we have to deal with and the succession of the games does not help us “.

Asked about absences in view of tomorrow’s match, he replied: “Apart from Papapetros and Jovic, the three days that followed after the final were not an easy period, we are training with eight people, White was absent from yesterday’s training, we will see if he will be part of today, well I do not know how we will appear tomorrow “.

For the overall course of Panathinaikos OPAP in the Euroleague He commented: “We have played some good games, we have flashes which we have to show more often. But some things do not allow us. The absences, together with Papagiannis who will be with the National team, limit us but we will “fight” as much as possible “.

Regarding the match with the Serbian team he said: “I expect a hard game, it will be a contact game, with great intensity, with strong defense, we must avoid mistakes, not give easy baskets, go to a set game, control the rhythm, avoid mistakes that will give easy baskets to the opponent and possession possession to “fight”.

Finally, on National team and the fact that Panathinaikos is represented by George Papagiannis noted that: “The situation that prevails in the National team at the moment is very promising, it seems that everyone is helpful in the effort that is made, we as Panathinaikos prove it, with his presence Papagianni on the day of the match, even if we do not have big aspirations in the Euroleague or scoring interest and especially with the situation we experience in the period after the final, it is a very difficult decision of the club for George to be able to participate. I think we are proving, and this is how it is, that the national team is above all, Greek basketball is united, it is broader, it must not have colors, it must not have interests, it must be a team of all of us and we must prove it with our actions “.

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