Fenerbahce Beko’s head coach Dimitris Itoudis, who defeated Spain’s Barcelona team 17 points behind, 81-73 in the 28th week of the Basketball THY Europa League, said that they achieved an important victory against a very tough opponent.
Speaking at the press conference held after the match played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall, Itoudis said, “Congratulations to my team. We started very badly. After the break and the first quarter, my players started to play differently. In the last quarter, the team got even better. We made only 3 turnovers. Very We won the game against a good opponent. We won the match against a team that has a winning culture and goes to the Final Four every year. We have very good quality players, we can turn this into a success with the right mindset. Our fans were great, they supported us with the same enthusiasm when we were 17 points behind. Pierre is injured, I hope He returns quickly. Our prayers are with him.” used the phrases.
Barcelona Head Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius said, “I congratulate Fenerbahçe. I can say that they turned the match with physical superiority. We started the match well, but the turnovers we made in the second quarter forced us. We recovered in the last quarter, when our chance to win the game was 50 percent, Wilbekin’s three pointer turned the game’s direction to Fenerbahçe.” turned to.” he said.