Fenerbahce Beko’s head coach Dimitris Itoudis, who lost 72-71 to Greek representative Olympiakos in the third game of the Basketball THY Europa League play-off quarter-finals series, said that they will do their best to come back in the series and advance to the Final Four.
Making a statement at the press conference held after the match played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall, Itoudis congratulated Olympiakos on his victory and said, “The result could have been in our favor. We would have deserved the match. We managed to keep them below their standards. Vezenkov and Sloukas made our job difficult. The match was very good. We started but couldn’t stay in the game strong. We couldn’t attack better. In the paint, Black had problems. We couldn’t stop Sloukas in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Defense was as good as I wanted throughout the game. We are a new team. Olympiakos is up 2-1 in the series It’s going to be a long series, we’re ready to do whatever it takes to get it back.” used the phrases.
Olympiakos Head Coach Georgios Bartzokas stated that it was an enjoyable game and said, “It was a great game. Fenerbahce started very well. Although we found many shots on offense, we played with a low percentage from behind the 3-point line. In the last section, we responded to Guduric’s basket with Sloukas’ three-pointer and “We won the match. We had some mistakes in Piraeus. We fixed the rebounds. The pressure is now on Fenerbahçe.” he said.
The Greek head coach said that they wanted to analyze this match, identify the shortcomings, and win on Friday, May 5th and advance to the Final Four.