Papatheodorou: “We have no room to underestimate Megarida”

THE Prometheus Patras trained on Tuesday noon (110/2) at Closed Gym of New Bodrum In view of the quarter -final OPAP Final of 8 Men’s Cupwhere on Wednesday (17:00) will face the Youth Home Megaridos.

In view of this match, the Elias Papatheodorou He expressed his enthusiasm for his team’s involvement in the event, and said that the Prometheus underestimate his opponent, even though he is struggling in a lower category.

“We are very happy and excited to be involved in this basketball celebration for another year. We tried hard during the championship to win this position and achieved it relatively early. We have a game in front of us with the youthful home of Megarida, a team that is doing a great team in the Elite League and plays very good basketball by counting a big winning series.

We have to respect this effort made by the opponent. We have been in our problems for a long time and we have been trying to deal with and manage them. We do not expect an easy game, but we will do our best to win and move on to the final »The Prometheus coach initially said.

For the fact that last year the Prometheus faced the owner of Unicef ​​Trophy In the quarter -finals he said: “Every year is different. Last year’s situation at this time was very good, this year we face many problems. We have no chance of underestimating the opponent, it is a given that we will be seriously entitled because we appreciate the effort they make. We have to manage the absences we have and give our best. “

With reference to his experiences from the stadium, where he conquered the European Young Men’sthe Cup with AEK and participated in a final with the PAOKstressed: “Generally this island brings me good memories. Psychology is good for me and I try to inspire the players to fight. Nothing is impossible, though everyone knows the potential of Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. The minimum you can do is fight. “

On his part, the Linos Chrysikopoulos said: “Last year we were lucky enough to play with Elite League again, but we faced the game with the same seriousness. We will try to do the same this year. The youthful home of Megarida is a very good team, it has a 14 -win series, no matter if it did it in the Elite League. We will respect the opponent as appropriate. Unfortunately in Greece we know the teams of the final, it does not happen in other countries where the cup is the institution of surprises.

We always want to do the best, no matter if our opponent is the youthful home of Megarida or Panathinaikos. I think my teammates do not need my help from my experience, in this piece I think we are covered. The coach always has the same philosophy, to be tough on defense, to claim all the rebounds and the attack to share the ball so that everyone can feel good. “

Finally, the Jordon Varnando commented: “It will be a nice experience, last year I had the opportunity to compete in Final 8 in Italy. Last year’s experience was beautiful, I hope this year. We approach the game like any other. The opponent to get here goes to say that he is worth it. We will treat them like any other group. We will try to play loudly, quickly and follow the coach’s plan to win. “