Kanaan: “Panathinaikos is a quality team, they won everything last year – I have nothing against Slukas”

Panathinaikos AKTOR is hosted by Red Star at “Pionir Hall” for its 7th matchday Euroleague (01/11, 21:00, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), wanting to take advantage of his own form but also the opponent’s deformation.

The player of the “red and whites”, Isaiah Canaanspoke about the specific match and emphasized that the “clover” is a difficult opponent that conquered everything last year. At the same time, he mentioned his relationship with Kostas Sloukashis former teammate at Olympiakos, with whom they had a few skirmishes in last year’s finals.

The statements in detail:

For the game in Belgrade against Panathinaikos: “We are only focused on ourselves. We know what we can do and what we have to do, and that is to always stay focused throughout the game. We are playing against a good team, but it is important how we play. It’s always a competitive game, but I fight for our team, no matter who the opponent is.

Panathinaikos is a quality team that won everything last year. This is another chance for us to prove who we are. The coach says that in the match we have to look at what we will do. Whoever the opponent is, we have to play our game. We can’t wait to play and fight for the win.”

On his relationship with Kostas Sloukas: “I don’t really have anything against him. I compete on the court and fight for the team and after the game I live my life and he lives his life. But during the game, between those four lines, I’m competitive regardless of the opponent.”