Panathinaikos head coach Dusko Ivanovic made the following statement at the press conference after the away match against Trikala: “We expected a difficult game; Trikala played well. They’re a fast team with good shooters, so we prepared our defense accordingly, but this didn’t work well in the first half. This happened, firstly, because Trikala dealt well with our defensive play and, secondly, because some of our players weren’t completely ready to play in this match. However, we were lucky to have some other players who showed their readiness.”
Antonis Fotsis noted: “Today the game was very difficult for us, because we played a very good team in their hot home arena. I think we started the match concentrated, but then we thought that it was over and we lost our concentration. If you make mistakes, when playing a team with very much talent and very good players like Trikala, you’ll pay for them. Fortunately, we found our concentration again, we played good basketball and we got an important win.”
