Mitoglou: “If we stick to the plan, we are a team that will be hard to beat – I like to help as a five”

His undefeated course in the championship was continued by Panathinaikosas it defeated Promethea Patras with a score of 92-67 and went 5-0 in the Stoiximan GBL.

Among the top ones was O Dino Mitoglouwhich counted 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. After the match, he spoke about the chemistry that the team is slowly building, he emphasized that if they follow their plan they will hardly be able to be defeated, while he also mentioned his own role.

What he said to ERT in detail:

About what was said in the locker room: “We know that Prometheus is a very good team and a dangerous team that can do damage in the league. At halftime, the coach said that it is not possible to score baskets so easily and make lay-ups so simple. There were several phases where we lost our player and we said we have to fix that, come in with more energy and block their passes and when we did that we got a big lead.”

For the deep roster and tough matchups: “The deep roster helps in those situations. The coach makes the choices. All the players have to be ready, work, do our job and be ready for whatever minutes we get on the field to help the team win.”

For chemistry: “I think it took us a little bit from the friendlies to the first games of the season to adapt, to see the changes from both the coach and the players, to get used to the new players. Of course, our quality is very high and we have a lot of potential. Every day that passes we are finding our chemistry and it shows on the pitch, we are playing better and we have room for improvement”.

On whether depth and quality help build confidence when games go badly: “Of course, we have a lot of quality players and if 1 and 2 and 3 don’t have a good day, other players will come forward. We have many solutions offensively and as long as we stick to the plan defensively, where the coach tries to emphasize certain things, we will be a team that will be very, very difficult to beat.”

For everyone playing defense and putting the team before themselves: “As we have said before, the team has raised its level and whoever wants to play must offer both offensively and defensively. You have to be focused on both sides of the floor and give everything for your team to win.”

For the positions he competes for: “I like ‘4’ better but if I can help ‘5’ I like it. I don’t have a problem, I want to play and help my team win.”

On whether he has more confidence than this time last year: “I don’t want to compare either last season with this year, or the team. We are on the right track, the coach knows what he is doing, we certainly did it last year too, we did something very well and I believe it will be even more difficult because everyone wants to win the champion of Europe and Greece. Every time we step on the pitch we have to be focused. The points are positive, we have had important victories, we are building confidence, we are building chemistry and the continuation will be very good.”