Papatheodorou: “We didn’t play with Fal and Milutinov to lose so many rebounds”

He was clearly troubled Ilias Papatheodorou after the defeat of Prometheus by Nieburg in Patras (78-86) in its BCL premiere.

“Nieburg completely dominated the game. Especially in terms of energy and athleticism, they were 2-3 levels above us. When the opponent has 25 offensive rebounds and, essentially, 25 more possessions, it is very difficult to win. It’s clear that we don’t have a good rhythm. We definitely need to reorganize and we’ll do what we need to next to get better“, he emphasized and added:

“It is many things at once. Rebounding is first and foremost a will. We weren’t playing with Fal and Milutinov to lose rebounds. It’s a matter of will, concentration, athleticism… It’s something we’ve definitely identified, but it’s not only that. There are other problems we have. In terms of our creation and our peripheral attack, we are very average and we cannot play at this level in this way».

Finally, when asked if this defeat will wake up his team, coach Papatheodorou replied: “We have been awakened for too long already. We are essentially on the way to finding the solutions required. It is not today’s bell game for us, the bell has rung in our friendlies».