Having – again – many ups and downs in his performance, o Olympic risked losing a match of his own to Zalgiris, however, in the end he survived and managed to take the win with score 74-68.
After the end of the match, the leader of the “red and whites”, Kostas Papanikolaoureferred to tonight’s image of the team and the many missed rebounds that allowed the Lithuanians to stay in the match, while at the same time he expressed his condolences to his family George Baldockmaking special mention to footballers of the Greek national team for their attitude and the historic victory over England.
The statements of Kostas Papanikolaou in detail:
“I would like to offer my condolences to the family of George Baldock who has passed away. I would like to congratulate the children of the national team who showed self-sacrifice and honored their teammate, they moved us all.
We started the game well, our management in the 3 quarters was not up to par. He needs a lot of attention for the next matches. Like we turned off the engines in the 2nd quarter and gave Zalgiris a chance to come back and have a thriller.
It’s our fault that we felt a little more comfortable than we should have and a little bit because all the teams, including us, haven’t taken the initiative to play the basketball they want. It’s something we have to look at.
We are definitely bothered by the rebounds we lose. The defense ends when you clear the rebound, otherwise both the body and the mind get tired and that makes the whole job more difficult.”
Source: Sport Fm
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