Ataman: “There is a huge rivalry between the two groups, but also great respect”

In the SEF, Olympiacos will host Panathinaikos in another “eternal” derby this season, but this time For the 29th Euroleague racing.

The ‘Greens’ did workout At the Peace and Friendship Stadiumwith the coach of the “clover”, Ergkin Atamanto give statements and standing up to the rivalry between these two great matches.

In detail what Ergkin Ataman said:

As to whether the tactics or players judge the derby: “I always believe that players judge the outcome of the match. We can use tactics, but even Barzokas and I don’t know everything. Performance, energy on the day of the race, concentration judge the outcome. Both teams are good, awesome. Olympiacos is now in the first place in the Euroleague standings but we are also in a very good position, so we have to win. We have confidence and respect for them. It will be a hard game, good for both sides. As I said, the team will win its players on a good day. “

On whether the “eternal” will be based on Nan and Vezenkov: “There are great aggressive players in both teams. Olympiacos has Vezenkov and Fournier, two excellent offensive players, and in our team we have Slouka and Nan, and I can also mention Erngomet this year. But I think in these games the “keys” are the other players. I don’t know how many minutes Lee will play for Olympiacos because he played a little in the last match, as well as for us against Real. The team is important, but stars performance will be important. They have stars and other players, such as Milutinov and Fal. Peters, Goku, Vildoza, experienced players. And we have experienced players, such as Grand, Osman, Mitoglu was a key player regularly for us in previous games. So, both teams have a very good roster and tomorrow we will be on a good day, we will win the derby and get two points in the Euroleague because we are in its last part. Six games remain and everything is important to end in the top four. I think Olympiacos already has the advantage, it is very close to ending in the first four places, maybe they have a great advantage for the first place. It doesn’t matter to us if we are first, second, third or fourth, it is important to win tomorrow. We are confident and we want to show how we can play well here in Piraeus against the first Euroleague team. “

Whether he is doing the last training session at Olympiacos headquarters and if he invited Olympiacos to do the same last year for psychological reasons: “I don’t do it for psychological reasons. It’s a Euroleague game and I like to use Euroleague regulations and can give us the stadium the day before the match and the morning of the race. Playing in Madrid, Istanbul does the same, and so if Olympiacos at Euroleague wants to use our stadium it is welcome. The rivalry of the two teams is very important, it is good for Greek and European basketball. There is respect for the games among the coaches for the players, even the fans. All the matches were fair because everyone has to respect that they are two very good teams and some will win, it’s a basketball match. We will win. ”