Ataman: “We’re not ready yet, we have problems – We’re missing key players”

His fourth victory – and first after three consecutive defeats – in the seven friendly games he has played this year, was taken on Tuesday night (24/09) by Panathinaikos AKTOR, who imposed himself with the impressive 85-56 of Galatasaray in Istanbul.

After the end of the match, the “clover” coach, Ergin Ataman, he mentioned tonight’s friendly, but also the love he has for the Galata club, while he also spoke about the fact that he still the “greens” are not ready, since “key” players are missing due to injury.

Ergin Ataman’s statements in detail:



For the game against Galatasaray: “I thank the management and the fans of Galatasaray for the hospitality and the atmosphere they created in the match. Of course, we came here to play a nice friendly match. It is a given that there is a difference between the two groups. We play in the Euroleague and Galata in a lower competition. It was a nice warm-up match and I feel happy to see so many people in the stadium. I thank everyone for the welcome, I know whenever I come here what I will experience. I wish the Galata basketball team to have a good season like the football team. And why not win a league.”

For Panathinaikos and the Euroleague of the new season: “We are still not ready, we have problems. Matias Lesor was injured and is out for a week. We also have a problem with Lorenzo Brown who is injured. Our wounded must be healed. We are missing key players like Slukas, today we didn’t play well in the first half, but in the second half we talked and had energy. The Turkish players they have were not good in the first half, but in the second half they improved. We will have a good season. There are two very good Turkish teams like Fener and Efes, while Olympiacos also made big transfers. We’ll see…”