On Wednesday night (16/10, 20:00), o Mars welcomes in “Alexandrio” the Hapoel Jerusalem for the 4th round of the EuropeCup.
At tonight’s Media Day of the club, the coach of the “yellows”, Yannis Kastritis, referred to among others in suspension of the loan of Lefteris Mantzoukas from Panathinaikos AKTOR, but also to the fact that the team should immediately strengthen the Greek element in its roster.
The statements of Yannis Kastritis in detail:
For the team’s ups and downs : “I can’t put an assessment if this is more intense or less intense, but it’s normal. It was not an easy preparation period for us, every matchday even coaches of Euroleague teams say that we are a new team. We have ten new players and we haven’t all worked together. When the injured came back the official games had started and we tried to work through the official games.
The players were outstanding in Lithuania. Beyond that, our first quarter with Olympiakos was not satisfactory, we discussed it. The ups and downs had to do with the mental part, so the sooner we become solid in mind, the more they will decrease.”
For Lefteris Manzoukas: “I have no comment to make on this. The team knows who they are, which players we will be tomorrow. It has nothing to do with retirement or injuries. We always have to deal with absences. We are dedicated to our game.”
About the gap in the team after the departures of Mandzoukas and Alkins and the lack of Greek players: “First of all, I honestly don’t know what has been officially announced and what hasn’t. Alkins was not under contract until the end of the year. The team would have to decide at some point whether to continue the collaboration or not anyway. And the issue of Lefteris has nothing to do with what I have said that we are in the market for a player. So anyway we were looking. It is understood that as far as the Greek element is concerned, we are less than the number we would like to have, so in the coming days we will strengthen ourselves in this part as well”.
Source: Sport Fm
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