Papatheodorou: “The Greek championship is meaningless – The handicap has grown, we play simply to play”

THE Prometheus he failed to continue with a positive result his obligations in the championship, as he was easily defeated with a score of 92-67 by Panathinaikos in OAKA.

After the match, Ilias Papatheodorou broke out about the situation in the Greek league, which he described as meaninglessemphasizing that the difference in capacity is “eternal” with the rest huge and makes the progress of the league indifferent.

His statements in detail:

“Congratulations to Panathinaikos for the victory. We were at a pretty good level in the first half both in defense and attack, although we were not effective in all phases, we had good creations. We were focused and had a good image. In the third quarter, Panathinaikos came into the game more strongly again, increased the pace, energy and concentration and this was unfortunately for us a difficult city to follow. The difference in quality is big and Panathinaikos got a safety margin and won fairly in the end. Good luck at Panathinaikos. We continue for our European game”.

On what such a match can offer his team: “The enjoyment of the stadium and seeing such great players. There is no competition. It is clear. The Greek championship a meaningless championship that competes between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos who will be champion. One who will be third from the rest and one who will not be charged. There are enough places in Europe and basically we play to play.

I don’t know how that can change. The handicap has increased, not decreased. Because Panathinaikos and Olympiacos have developed too much and the investment is so high that you cannot compete and we are playing beasts to win, which is unlikely to happen, unless Panathinaikos or Olympiacos are not interested in the game. If they are not motivated, they are tired or indifferent. However, no matter what happens, they step on the gas a little bit, as happened in the third period today, and disappear.”