Kasselakis: “Karditsa has the necessary bases-it can stand in BCL”

The certainty that the Heart has been built on a solid bases and can take steps ahead every year Leonidas Kasselakis. The 34 -year -old forward thinks he has the background to compete in the new season at the BCL.

In detail the Karditsa leader spoke to the EEC Web Radio:

For this year: “It’s an effort that started in late August when we all got together. Knowing that we had four very difficult games at first, we knew that we were most likely not to win, as it did. With the first victory over Colossus at our home, the team gained confidence, worked very well even the time he made the first defeats. Every win we have got is with dominant basketball and I think our course so far shows that we are one of the most stable teams in the league. ”

For the upcoming (03/05) game of 5th place against PAOK: “We look forward to it. PAOK is a very good team, showed it all year in Greece and Europe. He has a very good mindset, he never gives up, but we will respect our own team. We want to take out all our virtues, to show PAOK’s weaknesses for 40 minutes. It may have a better racing pace, but we may be more ‘thirsty’ and ‘hunger’ for victory, because it is a very important achievement to get 5th in such a championship. It leaves us with a complaint that for a while we did not pass Prometheus. For us, the victory with PAOK is a one -way street so that we can close the year in the best way. ”

For Europe’s perspective: “We want a win with PAOK to finish 5th. It may not have been the dominant goal by starting the championship, but “eating the appetite”. Why not play Karditsa in such an event with a stadium that is almost permanently full? I think he will be able to participate with great competitiveness in an institution like the Basketball Champions League. ”

For the team’s solid bases: “It’s a team whose bases are rooted from older than when the team was in the lowest categories. It is a group of people who are running and with love and organization, so it was very important that the bases existed and climbs 1-2 “steps” the year. I think the organization is very important, they have a plan with the coach. The coach feels stability and calm to work, to get his virtues, so this whole package shows that the team had the necessary bases and structure to enable us players to do the job as much as we can. ”

For the fact that the Final-4 of the Elite League will take place in Karditsa: “It is a privilege for a city like Karditsa to host these important events, these final phases and basketball celebrations. It is an achievement for the whole effort made. The province, because it is thirsty for basketball and sports in general, I think it will embrace this effort. “