Serelis: “We entered the rhythm of Paris and we were defeated fairly”

Presenting a poor competitive image in Paris, Panathinaikos paid for its mistakes and lukewarm defense, knowing an 84-80 loss to Paris for the 3rd matchday of the Euroleague.

After the match, Ergin Ataman’s assistant, Christos Serelishe talked about everything that went wrong in the game for the “greens”, while also referring to the objection about the phase with Nan’s unsportsmanlike conduct.

In detail what he said:



On what went wrong in the match: “Two things that definitely went wrong are that we got into Paris’ rhythm early on and we didn’t manage to score in some phases. We gave away easy points. Even when our defense was good, we allowed 17 offensive rebounds, they were decisive. We made some defenses like we wanted, but we didn’t get the rebounds to control the match. We lost rightly”.

For the possibility of depreciation: “No, I won’t say it’s an understatement. Obviously, the fact that they are an unknown team, with players who have not been in the Euroleague for a long time, is an issue. We had seen the game, the players are experienced, they know you have to work hard to win away from home. We got into Paris’ rhythm very quickly and for 30 minutes following that rhythm we were out of the game”.

About the match against Real and whether there is extra motivation: “The motivation is very big. Extra motivation will be created because we had a defeat and we don’t want to end the week with a second one. Real Madrid suits us quite well. We can find clues to hit her, knowing the team well. We have an extra motivation from the fact that we have a defeat, which can be a problem in the future for the points we want to collect”.

For the appeal for the phase with the technical penalty: “We have done the first part which is to have a petition and we have an hour and a half to support it. It looks like we will.”.