Ponitka: “The situation is a bit crazy for me but it was an easy decision to come to Panathinaikos”

On Saturday night, September 24th, Mateus Ponitka joined OAKA for the first time as a Panathinaikos athlete. For example, the 29-year-old regional division club spoke to the ERT camera after the friendly with Armani Milan and explained how things had developed over the past few days, after which he put aside the trip to Italy to eventually join the Greens on behalf of Greece .

In detail what he said about the ERT camera:

“I would like to thank you for the warm welcome, it was very nice. If we only talk about the game, we will say that in the third quarter it was good for us, as the coach said. The fourth period made the difference, Armani Milano used their quality and experience. We were a bit passive in the fourth quarter. We have to learn from every game, we have to work hard. It’s difficult to be into tactics because I don’t have a picture of the team. What I like is that everyone is fighting, we’ve seen guys bounce on the floor after a possession even though it’s pre-season. With that kind of mindset and approach, we can hunt things down in the season.

It was an easy decision when Panathinaikos asked me. With the story here, the fans. I am honored to be part of the club. OK, the situation was a bit crazy for me because I packed my bags to go to Reggio Emilia. My agent called me and said he wanted me so we had to find a way to make it happen. I want to say a big thank you to Rezzo Emilia because they were absolute professionals throughout the process, but it helped that Panathinaikos was also very direct and honest.

I will try to help win games as much as possible. I know it’s all about winning. When we win and do well, everyone is happy, everyone on the team. I’ll see where I can help the most, I’ll go day by day, exercise by exercise. The season is very long, we have a lot of games ahead of us. We will see how the puzzle is completed“.