Massimo Cancellieri emphasized that PAOK still needs a victory in the FIBA Europe Cup for the first place in his group, he gave the slogan for next Saturday’s championship match, he considers it negative that they lost the difference against Limburg, he asked them to focus only on next match and not to celebrate the successes and referred to some players individually.
In detail:
On what it holds and what it wants to fix: “The good thing is the victory and, since we won, there is no harm. We have to win at least one more game. We have an important match on Saturday and that is where we are focusing from now on. We have four wins in the group, but we haven’t secured anything yet. We already talked about the next game, 20 minutes after the end of the game. I don’t have anything negative to say about the match, other than that at some point the difference narrowed, something that happens in a match.”
For the fact that no one expected such a course from PAOK and as far as the team can go: “See you tomorrow. We look at the next match and not what lies behind us. We are a team that must live in the present and think about the next match. Tomorrow in training we will see what condition we are in and prepare for the next game.”
For the positive sign in victories for PAOK: “The numbers tell the truth. This is gratifying, but we are not celebrating. We are satisfied because we believe in ourselves. What I’ve learned over the years in coaching is to take stock at the end. We rejoice in victories, but above all that satisfaction belongs to the world. We have to stay grounded. It’s flattering to have the respect of others, but when they respect you they treat you harder and we have to work on that.”
For Alex Antetokounmpo’s participation: “My goal today was to give time to all the guys. Especially to Alex, who made his debut. It was key today to rest some guys, like Cruiser who had an ankle injury issue.
Possibly also Bartley who gets enough playing time, but Frank has the stamina of an American football player for that and he played more today.”
Source: Sport Fm
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