Romain Sato stressed: "It wasn't an easy game, it was our first thus it was only natural that we would be searching what to do on court. However this is something that we cannot change, so we much continue aggressively, do our jobs well. Games don't last 20 but 40 minutes. That's a fact we must bare well in our heads. Our tier in the Euroleague is the toughest, you saw what took place on day 1”.
“No rhythm in offence, good job on defense”
Zeljko Obradovic straight after the game with Valencia stated: "We expected it to be a though match-up and it proved to be exactly that. I believe that it was more than obvious that we have only played a single official game. We had no rhythm in offense, but were quite sufficient in defense. We made certain mistakes but overall I am pleased in the boys' effort". Panathinaikos's Head Coach then added: "During this period we were under great pressure, pressure exists anyhow in both Euroleague and the Greek League. We must maintain are cool. During the aforementioned period of time, although we presented certain great defenses, nevertheless in many cases we were unable to score".
