Kastritis: “We didn’t make the right decisions in the second half”

Yiannis Kastritis emphasized that the Aris players did not make the right decisions in defense and attack during the second half against AEK, while on the contrary in the first half they played well defensively, he emphasized that the shoulders “get heavier” from match to match, he believes that they work correctly and that the world supports them, he addressed the problems of cohesion and self-confidence and expects them to gain experience and correct the mistakes afterwards.

In detail: “Congratulations to AEK because when the game was decided at the end they were better. In the second half we may have looked tired, but defensively and offensively we didn’t make the right decisions.

Although defensively the match had gone as we wanted in the first half, we did not play intelligently afterwards. AEK was going to 5-7 points, we were close, but the right decision was missing. With its experience, AEK “read” situations, took the momentum and kept the lead until the end.

We must have a short memory, we feel a ‘weight’ on our backs game after game. And that doesn’t let us manage the next match. The children work hard, we support them, the people were here again and we thank them. We hope to perform better in the next game.

For team mistakes: “At some point in the match we seem to lose confidence and cohesion. We have to stick together, play with faith and know what we want. Maybe because of mental fatigue… The level has gone up a lot in the other teams. Through games and experience things will change. With Turkey we showed improvement, today we had ups and downs. Whatever happens to us, the children get sad and disappointed. They are very good players, they have good intervals in the game. These, however, must increase and, if this happens, we will move forward. We have to play properly.”