Abdala: “We mainly qualified through our defense – we are in the eight best teams and continue”

Qualifying in the quarter -finals of Eurobasket U20 held in Heraklion, Crete, celebrated on Wednesday night (16/07). Young Men’s Nationalwhich prevailed hard and with enough stress at the end with Score 85-78 in Finland.

One of the protagonists for our representative band was the Neocles With 23 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, with the 19 -year -old guard stating after the end of the match that the National was not playing well and that in the end he found a way to win a good defense.

In detail his statements:



“We had a bad match, defensive and aggressive. We managed to find a way to win, mainly through our defense in the end. We leave this game behind us, forget it and look at tomorrow’s quarter -finals. We didn’t put our bodies very well, the opponents found rhythm and the game became difficult for us. We are in the eight best teams and we continue. Thanks again to the people who supported us. “

The statements by Stefanos Spartalis: “Finland is a powerful team, it got energy, and we didn’t make the best game. However, we have come out, we won and now we go for the quarter -finals. Our defense was not very good, we received a lot of points in the transition, we didn’t have much teamwork, but we got a personality in the end and won. People have helped us and we are waiting for him tomorrow and for what follows us. “

What Andreas Patrikis said after the match: “The game was very difficult, Finland came in very loud. We were not very concentrated and we didn’t play very good defense, but we managed to win and move on. We will be 100% ready in the quarter -finals and show a different picture. People have helped us a lot and we hope tomorrow will come to the stadium. “