Kastritis: “We are one of the unluckiest teams in recent years at whatever level I follow”

THE Mars made it difficult for him Olympic in the first half, but the “red and whites” found a rhythm and dominated the second, finally leaving with a comfortable victory (77-88) from “Nick Galis Hall”.

After the match, Yannis Kastritis stressed at the press conference that Ares is the most unfortunate a team that remembers the last few years at any level, since it appears in every match as if it were one total which was made in the last month due to the many injuries.

In detail what he said:

“I want to congratulate the guys for the effort. And in terms of energy, which was not easy after we played on Thursday, but also in terms of tactics and approach. I don’t want it to appear that we are happy, but at the moment we are living a condition where we have a new team. We have new faces, we are waiting for the rest of the children. The important thing is to build our personality and our culture. Let’s give 100% to both sides. We largely did that today. As long as there are many of us and we get together, I am sure that we will have the image and results we want. Thank you to the people, the stadium was full. We didn’t miss the people. We get messages that no matter how much we upset them, they constantly show us support. This can be seen from the full stadium today. I think the best is yet to come…”

For the “musts” that “enter” the course of Mars in the following: “I don’t want it to sound like that, but we set these things. If you want my opinion, these must be the ones that created pressure on the team, that brought disappointment to the world, the nerves many times… We are one of the unluckiest teams in recent years at whatever level I follow. The biggest thing is to be a team both inside the lines and on the bench, sacrificing in every possession with the demand to improve. Unity, culture and intensity are what we need. From the match with Tsedevita, we want to build and we want to present ourselves fully prepared for the match with Prometheus”.

For the injured: “Figueroa played with risk, he shouldn’t have played. Hatzidakis and Toliopoulos were injured. Woodbury and Hodge had played a lot of minutes. And the little ones are part of the team. Our kids are responding well.”

For the first half and if it was the best: “I haven’t thought of it that way. I don’t see glimpses of ten minutes. We want to build our mindset and our culture. And in the match against Hapoel and Lietkambelis, we played well in some places. And in other matches… We want to have consistency and duration”.

For Figueroa: “He didn’t play much in Spain. Due to conditions, he was required to play 30 minutes on Thursday. He was hit in the knee, had bone swelling and this was accompanied by cramps. He has come in good condition but when you have to play such a demanding match as against Olympiakos, he has a risk”.