Sakota: “I think our players … were impressed and forgot to make layups or shots”

Panathinaikos AKTOR “sparked” against AEK Betsson, as Ergin Ataman’s team was looking for psychology after the two consecutive defeats in the Euroleague and found it against the “yellow and black”.

An outbreak of the “greens”, which came against the Union, with the coach of the team, Dragan Sakotato refer to the large difference in quality between the groups Euroleague and the rest.

At the same time, her coach AEK he also spoke about his team’s poor performance for three quarters, saying: “I think our players … were impressed and forgot to make layups or shots».

What Dragan Sakota said in detail:

“Before I talk about the game, I have to say that I don’t know how good it is for basketball when the difference between the teams that play Euroleague and the rest is huge and it gets bigger every year. We see what players they have brought and what roster they have“, the AEK coach initially said.

“I think our players … were impressed and forgot to make layups or shots, or have simple partnerships that they do with their eyes closed. The difference is not only about the talent, but also about the volume, the speed… It created a difference that was very difficult to control and help the guysSakota added.

In conclusion, the coach of the Union emphasized: “In the end and with the changes made by Panathinaikos it helped us to run more and press, we did something, but in a game like this what we showed is not enough. What we can learn is to be more physical, more aggressive, otherwise we have no luck with such teams. We know our goal is elsewhere. It will be good if we gain something from today’s experience».