Serelis on sport-fm.gr: “The two best teams reached the final, let’s win by… half a point”

Panathinaikos AKTOR has one step ahead of him to conquer it Euroleagueas he faces the Real Madrid in the grand final of the event (26/05, 21:00).

Ergin Ataman’s direct associate, Christos Serelisspoke to sport-fm.gr and George Petridis for the huge transition of the “greens” from 17th place in the finalfor what he expects from the match against the Madrid team, but also for the team’s season in general.

In detail what he said:

For what we should expect from Panathinaikos: “Initially we expect to be very solid defensively again and not get carried away by our emotions. From there it’s one final, one game, I think the two best teams of the year fought and got to the final, so we’ll try to win the trophy after coming this far.”

On whether he expected Panathinaikos to reach the final last summer: “Obviously it is a transition and a very long journey. I have said it before that the owner had shown the way since the summer for us to return to the elite of Europe. The year didn’t start very well in the Euroleague, of course, with some defeats at home, but this end of the year is what we deserve after the effort we made and the course we had.”

On whether Panathinaikos would like a “photocopy” of the match in Madrid: “Obviously, no matter how we win, and by half a point, there was also a prediction made by Mr. Giannakopoulos about a winning three-pointer by Slukas in the last second. The main thing is to be good in defense. Real if you let them play their game, you’re not tough, you don’t stop them by surprise, they can score a lot of points, we also saw that with Olympiakos. Because it’s a final mainly from the defense we have to try, all year we were good against them, just like yesterday and we won”.

On how players like Kalaitzakis and Papapetrou, who didn’t have much of a role during the year, are motivated to deliver: “We’ve come this far, it doesn’t take a player special ‘baking’ to play at this level. Our dressing room is very good, the players are the same, everyone wants to come in and help. I’m sure “If Manzoukas were to come in tomorrow, he would be at his best. Juancho was crucial in the last match against Maccabi. We have confidence in our players and they know that the rotation from the coach will not be too big.” in any game of this importance, so everyone has to be ready to help.”

For what the most experienced in the Final Four, Ergin Ataman, said to the team: “The coach also said it in the press conference that it is a game that we have to see like the others, very seriously, we are the four best teams. There is one more match left for the trophy, we don’t have any particular pressure in the video or in training. We saw every match as a final to reach higher.”