Kastritis: “Even more important victory than the one with Turk Telecom”

Aris celebrated the positive result against Karditsa 69-61, with Vassilis Toliopoulos having a great game with 22 points and driving his team to victory.

The coach of the yellow team, Yannis Kastritis, spoke to the ERT camera after the end of the game and emphasized that the win against Thessaly was even more important than the one against Turk Telecom.

His statements in detail:

“A very important victory for Aris. What I said to the guys is for me personally and I think for all of us more important and bigger than what we did with Turk Telecom a few days ago. For the very simple reason.” It seemed like we were tired, it seemed like we had no energy left. The game didn’t go the way we wanted for almost the entire duration of the game. Nevertheless, the boys showed steadfastness and, above all, mental strength to play the game phase by phase. Come back and win it in the end.

People’s help is very important today, we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. In difficult times, in a very difficult game for us. You have given us a huge boost, thank you very much.

There were no smiles, no applause. That’s the truth. We said that we were essentially still preparing. Although we have started and played several official games, every game is a lesson for us. We have to take something from every game, win or lose, good or bad.

We leave everything behind, we forget about tonight from tonight, because after 72 hours and with a difficult journey in between, we have our game against Slask.”

For Bankston: “It takes patience, it’s not easy. We are already talking about the difficult schedule we have. This means we have no training sessions. Monday is postgame day, Tuesday is travel day and pregame day. If he is not willing to train with the team and actually help, there is a risk to both the team and him.

He is a very positive child, very intelligent. He works with his teammates every day as much as the team program allows, and when he is ready and has the best timing, we will use him. In any case, we really need him.”