Juancho: ‘We won the Euroleague by playing tough defense – If we don’t do that, anyone can beat us’

THE Panathinaikos faced no trouble against the Maroussi despite the absences, it destroyed it 100-74 and goes into a difficult “devil’s week” for the Euroleague.

After the match, Juancho Hernangometwho led the winners with 17 points and 8 rebounds, talked about his team’s “ups and downs,” the need to improve its defense to repeat last year’s feats, and the upcoming “devil’s week.”

In detail what he said to ERT:

On whether it was a reaction or just another… day in the league: “It was just another day in the league. We were playing at home, we played hard, we got the win. The match against Barcelona will be difficult, they lost by 20 points so they will come hungry. There are no excuses. We need OAKA, we have to play our game and we have to win, we have no other choice.”

About the mistakes in the Euroleague: “Every game is different. We win a lot of games in the end. Where Kendrick or Slukas or a good player makes the right decision, with Monaco we were unlucky and lost. They played very well and we have to learn from it. We have to go in strong. In the 1st half we didn’t play well, we weren’t focused. We have no choice but to win against Barcelona.”

For team toughness: “We won the Euroleague by playing defense hard. We have to start with the defense. So we put players in the game, it’s our “key”. When we are not tough anyone can beat us. We have good players, talent, we need to work on defense and attack. We have to win Barcelona, ​​we are concentrated there and we need everyone in OAKA”.

On whether ups and downs in team performance are normal: “I don’t know, it’s my 2nd season in the Euroleague. We have to improve, get better game by game, that’s what good teams do. They watch the game, they improve, they talk in the locker room, they talk to each other and they find each other. Basketball is about mistakes, whoever makes the least wins. It’s early in the season but we have to win, especially at home.”