Terrible speech from Ergin Ataman at the press conference after the win of Panathinaikou against Maccabi. The Turkish coach explained how the turnaround and the final victory for the “greens” came about, while he focused on the new app and overall the leaps the club has made, saying humorously:Watch out EuroLeague, you might lose Panathinaikos in the future. He can go to the NBA»!
Ergin Ataman stated in detail at the press conference:
“I think we won the match in the last 15 minutes with aggression, because playing at the normal pace was impossible let’s do this. Maccabi have good guards and moved the ball well. The only way to win was to increase our aggression to 100% defensively.
I changed the roster, I put defensive players, starting with Kalaitzalkis and Osman. We started the 4th period with Lessor and Hernangomet. It worked. Nan found a score in the end. Osman had a big contribution, as did those who played in the last 15 minutes. We moved the ball well, we made steals, we got the rebounds, which was a problem for 25 minutes. She is one important victory. And the crowd was very supportive tonight. The atmosphere was great in the second half so I want to thank everyone who supported us tonight.
I believe all teams are now ready to play. Games are different. Some players play more or less depending on their performance. Each team is now trying their best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
We have the best team in Europe. We are champions. We have the best stadium in Europe and one of the best in the world. Now, we also have one of the best apps. We have the best fans. It makes sense that some teams are afraid to come here. Watch out EuroLeague, you might lose Panathinaikos in the future. He can go to the NBA.
I believe that all Panathinaikos fans will download the app. Maybe even the opposing fans, to see what it is. They may delete it after a while, but you will see that in a week we will have made a record with the application.
Yes, that’s right. For the first time this year at OAKA I felt the atmosphere we had last yearwith the effort of my players in the second part and with the world being our sixth player. I want the energy at home matches to be like this from now on and I want to celebrate like this too (s.s. with raised fists).
Jedi is a player that relies heavily on psychology. It has great potential. Everyone thinks the EuroLeague is easy for players coming from the NBA, but it’s not. The EuroLeague is very difficult. THE Osman he’s a psychological player and at first he was messing with himself. But today he fought and was very good, helping us now that Grigonis is also missing».
Source: Sport Fm
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