Priftis: “A Panathinaikos – Olympiakos go well together”

Panathinaikos defeated Prometheus 85-68 and qualified for it Final of the Greek Cup Final Four. Dimitris Priftis stressed that his team didn’t start well while mentioning that a match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos would be a very nice match for the final.

The statements of the Priftis in detail:

For the game: “It was a difficult game. We didn’t start well, we missed the goal, we weren’t as strong as Prometheus. We started the game calmly and defensively. We were pretty unlucky, Prometheus came out strong and was competitive. As we corrected our reasoning and increased the pressure on the defense and made it difficult for the opponent, I think little by little and with patience we clearly won and got the ticket.

In the second half we really got going, gradually built up the difference and clearly won. We were worried about the failure, we were stressed. We then fixed it and improved our defence.”

For his preference in the final: “Whatever is welcome, let it be a good game on Sunday. An Olympiacos – Panathinaikos goes well together”.

For the event in Crete: “Crete is famous for its love of basketball. It has organized events and hosted our team many times. The environment is familiar, Crete is hospitable as always.”

On the picture of Panathinaikos in the second half in view of the final: “What is true is that you are who you are, every day and forever. There’s a “you can be” when we’ve played some very good games. That shows our potential. This “You are” with “We can” should come closer and this requires effort from everyone.

The most important thing in a game is to find 3-4 players on offense on a good day and everyone on defense. We didn’t have that at the beginning today, I think we will because we know what our problem is and we fixed it. I think we’ll do it at the beginning of the final. “We have some problems, but we will be present today.”