Ataman ahead of Real: “I hope we will give answers after the bad performance in Paris”

After a difficult night combined with a defeat in Paris, Panathinaikos AKTOR has a big challenge ahead of him as he faces the Real in Madrid (17/10, 21:45) for the fourth matchday of the Euroleague.

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One day before the match, Ergin Ataman talked about the negative result against Paris and emphasized that the season is very long, while referring to the match with the “queen” and emphasized that he expects a reaction from his team.

@sporfm946 Ergin Ataman spoke about the defeat of Panathinaikos in Paris and also about the upcoming match of the “greens” with Real Madrid in Madrid for the Euroleague #sporfm #euroleague #panathinaikos ? original sound sporfm946

In detail what he said:

On whether he expects a reaction from his team after the defeat in Paris: “The season is very long. We will play many games. Yesterday we were not good, Paris was excellent, with an incredible tempo. We did not respond appropriately. Real Madrid are a completely different team and play differently. We will try to play our game and I hope we will give answers, after the bad performance in France”.

For the “keys” in the Madrid match: “Against such a team there is not one ‘key’, but many. Rebounds are very important. Tavares in particular collects a lot of offensive rebounds. In the attack we have to function correctly and with good spacing, whether when Tavares is on the floor or not. Defensively, Real Madrid has great potential. They are coming off two losses in the Euroleague, but in reality they are one of the most dangerous teams, a main competitor for the Euroleague title again this year.”

On whether Real Madrid will want… revenge after last year’s lost final: “Yes, this is normal. You saw the game yesterday. It was a match between the European champions and the holders of the Eurocup, a special atmosphere was created. Now Real certainly treats this match as something special. But it’s up to us to take the game seriously and to understand that every match, at every venue, will be even more difficult than last year.”

On whether he thinks that with Anadolu Efes he started with a negative record in a season that eventually won the title: “So far we have two wins and a loss against Paris, who played excellent basketball. I don’t believe we will have such a record at the start of the Euroleague. But the important thing is how many wins we will have at the end of the regular season. We have an experienced team, we know the potential of our players. During the season, especially in the regular season, there will be wins and losses. We’ll see what happens next.”