Dusan Alimpijevic, head coach of Beşiktaş GAİN, who defeated Bahçeşehir College 82-72 away in the second match of the Basketball BKT European Cup semi-final series and reached the final, said that he was happy that they achieved a first in the club’s history.
Speaking at the press conference held after the match, Alimpijevic said, “I am incredibly happy. We are advancing to the finals of the Eurocup for the first time in the history of the club. My players fought together and believed together. Everyone has a chance in the final. We will try to win the cup by taking advantage of the chance we have.” he said.
Evaluating the match, the experienced coach said, “We controlled the match from the beginning. It is not easy to do this against a team with this talent. If you stop one player, the second player comes out, if you stop him, the third player comes out. The players we wanted to shoot shot. We stopped the ones we wanted to stop. We had a foul problem, but we managed this problem and continued to get contributions from other players.” made his assessment.
Calling on the black-white fans, the black-white coach said, “We will play against Karşıyaka in Akatlar on Monday. I invite all our fans. There will be an energy deficit here and we will need their energy. Show your respect to our players.” he said.
Asked about the chants made in his name, Alimpijevic said, “I am a foreigner in this country, so this makes me doubly happy. I love this passion. I thank our fans.” he said.
Black and white player Yiğit Arslan said, “Both matches were like war, in the end we won the war. We will be happy until tomorrow. We have a final series ahead of us. We have not reached our goals yet. I would like to thank all my teammates, our management and our fans.” he said.
