THE Women’s National took a big away victory in the premiere of the qualifying phase of Eurobasket 2023 with 73-66 on her Great Britain. Shortly after the end of the match, the coach of the team, Petros Prekas, but also two of the protagonists, Angeliki Nikolopoulou and Artemis Spanou spoke about the importance of this double.
«Congratulations to the athletes above all, because despite the fact that they had very few days to prepare, their energy and mood gave them this victory that is very important for us for the future. Now we must immediately turn our attention to the next game which is just as perhaps even more important. The key for us today was and will continue to be the energy and mood shown by each member of the team“, Said the federal coach.
The National Guard, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, he said: “It was a nice win, good win, full… We made a very good start with this result, with a new coach on the bench. We were very focused on the plan we had from the beginning. We closed the line of the tall ones and we managed to get a victory with a relatively good difference, although we could do better in this part. Now we see the continuation with Portugal, the match in Xanthi. Yes, the defense played its part. This is not the National Team: Defense, mentality, passion, strength and… we move on».
Finally, the power forward of the team, Artemis Spanou, he said: “We knew that Great Britain would be a difficult opponent. Especially because it was the first game, we are with a new coach, a new staff, we only had three days of training and all this in itself creates special conditions. But we gave our best and got an away victory. We did what each other and everyone on the team had promised. The best possible. But we did what we had to do, what our coaches asked us to do and we got this result, a big victory and we go to the next.. They have the match with Portugal in Xanthi and we want another positive result in our country».
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