Panathinaikos AKTOR head coach Ergin Ataman, who lost to Anadolu Efes, 93-67, in the 15th week of the THY Europa League, said, “We played terrible basketball today.” he said.
Speaking at the press conference held after the game played at the Basketball Development Center, Ataman stated that they started the game badly and said, “We played terrible basketball today. the easy shots. Anadolu Efes very good contribution here Nunn will not be used tonight and this is the result.” he said.
Answering a question about the bus post by Panathinaikos President Dimitrios Giannakopoulos on his social media account, which sent the players who lost the play-off match against Fenerbahçe in 2017 in Athens on the bus, Ataman said, “We will return to Athens with an 11.50 plane tomorrow morning and we have a league game at the weekend.
“I HAVE NEVER SEEN DEMORALIZATION TOO MUCH”
Saying that teams other than Paris and Olympiacos are weak in the THY Europa League, Ataman said, “I think the teams show daily performances. We lost to Anadolu Efes, but we have the same number of victories like them. There were interesting results this week. We took care of ourselves. “But I don’t see any great demoralization. We have to stay strong and win the two games in the week.” made the statement.
Stressing that their squad is the same as last year, Ataman said:
“But we experienced this weakness this year, we are trying to find a solution to it. We see that Real Madrid also experienced similar problems. Be careful against it. We are currently at 8 victories I have not seen one big problem in the future. but we lost 4 of the last 5 games.”