Vezhenkov: “It’s always difficult to play in OAKA – We have a good mentality, let’s play the basketball we know”

In his difficult mission Olympiakou against Panathinaikos AKTOR was mentioned Sasha Vezenkov at Media Day of Piraeus.

The forward of the “red and white” admitted that “it’s always difficult to play in OAKA, especially the renovated OAKA“, while he pointed out that his team has taken morale from the victories over Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“We are a team, all together, to play the basketball we play” said the former NBAer when asked to talk about Olympiakos’ strength on the tall line with Fal and Milutinov.

He spoke in detail about:

– the match with Panathinaikos: “We saw our mistakes, Panathinaikos beat us in the championship game, since then we had two games, which I think we had very good intervals, we won both, we have a good mentality… It is always difficult to play in OAKA and especially in the renovated one OAKA. The world of Panathinaikos will create the atmosphere you mentioned. Let us do our work. To be focused, to be together, for 40 minutes to do the right thing, to claim this game».

-whether they are mentally ready and the fact that they had time to train after a while: “It helped us a lot that we were training, as last week was a hell week and the next one is the same, there is no time for a lot of training. The good thing is that all children know about such games. They are guys with experience. So we are properly prepared».

– the fact that Olympiakos’ tall players are fine: “They are pivotal to how we play, they are two of the best tall men in Europe when they are healthy. We also have Moses who last year and this year has provided many solutions to the team. So all three are very important to us. We are a team, all together, to play the basketball we play».

-if Olympiacos had to single out two things that must be done well in OAKA: “To limit our mistakes, to play harder in defense, not to let them feel as comfortable as they felt in SEF».