Niklas: “We ran out of solutions near the basket”

Thanos Niklas emphasized that the Olympiakos basketball players made a great effort against Brno, but they ran out of solutions in the basket, he believes that the Czechs took full advantage of all the advantages that the match at SEF gave them, he did not want to refer to the absences that have occurred and he also addressed the loss of offensive rebounds.

In detail: “Unfortunately, although the girls for a very long time made a very big effort, the fouls cost us the game, we ran out of some solutions, especially near the basket, Zambini is a very good team, which took advantage of every opportunity and miss match that found within the game.

I don’t want to talk about absences, because the athletes who entered were very good and deservedly stood in the competition. Unfortunately, for some details in the offensive rebounds, where we had a big problem or some miss matches, to come forward and get some possessions.”

Eleanna Christinaki added: “For sure, we missed our main tall, a player who scores 20 points in every game. We said from the beginning that we would fight for it. We did make a lot of fouls, we stopped a lot of surprises. Now, we have the match with PAOK and after the break for the National team.

The Euroleague is a very competitive competition, it is the highest level. It is difficult for teams, like Olympiacos who have not played for years, to come and make easy victories, but we fight, we show, we try, we improve, we raise Greek basketball.

It is important that Olympiacos plays in the Euroleague. Olympiacos has taken a lot from his participation here, he is at the top level.

We must come to the Greek championship with more confidence. I feel that this whole trip to the Euroleague will help us and we will be right in the finals because our main goals are the domestic titles”.