Papanikolopoulos: “We fought our battle, congratulations to the children for the effort”

In the effort of his players, but also in the great progress of her involvement Karditsa In Final 8, the Nikos Papanikolopoulosafter the defeat of his team with a score of 71-54 by Olympiacos.

‘It was our first participation in Final 8 and is one important step in front. Congratulations to the children for participating and the effort across a very strong opponent. We fought our battle against a large -size team.

We could have better decisions in the attack and be more apt, but what we gave to the opponent we gave it difficult to Olympiacos. Putting small goals helps have clear goals with the team. We have from my first season small goals, every year we want to go half -step Above and we do it »The Greek technician said in detail.

On the other hand, the Matte Lewiswho was Karditsa’s top scorer with 14 points, said: “We made a good effort throughout the race, some things we could do better.

We did not succeed against a very strong opponent, it is difficult to play defense against a team that moves the ball so fast on the pitch, but we are pleased with our appearance. “