Panathinaikos arrived in Spain, where tomorrow (March 21, 21.45, ET1) it is to face Real Madrid for THY Euroleague Top16 game 12. The Greens traveled without absences and this evening, are to train at the Palacio de los Deportes, stadium to host tomorrow’s game.
Argyris Pedoulakis stated concerning tomorrow’s clash: “The game versus Real Madrid is an especially important one, easy for anyone to understand glancing over the current group standings and the games to go in the Top16 round. Both teams know each other well, since we were in the same group for regular season also. Real Madrid plays at a high pace, especially when playing at home and it aspires to enforce this very rhythm on its rivals. The main thing for us will be to control the rhythm and pay attention to the details, because that is where the game will be ruled. Details will define the winner”.
“We know what we must do in order to win”, stressed Roko Leni Ukic, who made reference to prior encounters of the two teams: “We know them well and they know us as well in return. There are no secrets. They have won once, we have won once… But it all leads to this very game. It is an especially important game for both opponents. We know what we must do. We must go out on court and fight from the very start to the very end, knowing that after this game, things will be much clearer as far as are group’s standings. Losing at home in the Top16 was a bitter loss for us, since we performed great for 35 minutes but messed up this image in the last five minutes. Real Madrid is a tough team with a winner’s attitude. They have won games in the last minutes many times. We must fight in order to obtain the win we need”.
