THE Sasha Vezenkov He talked about the exclusion of Olympiacos from the final of the Euroleague Final Four, the impact of the defeat (78-68) from Monaco to Piraeus, with Bulgarian even declaring that he wants Vassilis Spanoulis to conquer the trophy.
In his statements to “RES-EIA”, Sasa Vezenkov revealed what was said by the Angelopoulos to the players, the points where Olympiacos was lagging behind and lost to Monaco, and could not be mentioned to Vassilis Spanoulis.
In fact, the Bulgarian emphasized that the “small” final for the 3rd place, in which the Piraeus will face Panathinaikos should not exist.
Sasha Vezenkov’s statements
How did last night spend you personally and for your teammates?
“Okay, hard … When you lose such a game and especially in a Final Four you don’t sleep. You are overwhelmed by feelings, thoughts, but today is a new day. Time will pass and we will be ready for what comes in front of us. “
You are an incredible athlete and player, and yesterday for the first time this season you stayed in a single -digit point. What was the reason? Why did we see the energy you have the energy you have at other times?
“Okay, the opponents played defense. I tried to find the places I wanted, I didn’t do the game I wanted too. From then on, I leave the criticism aside. I know what was wrong and what I didn’t do right and we have the opportunity in front of us in the final of the Greek league to show that we are a really good team. “
Overall as a group, do you attribute the defeat mainly to the Monaco’s defense or your aggressive dying?
“I think it was a little bit of everything. I think to give only 10 assists, someone has forced you to stay at 10. So we have to give something to Monaco. We don’t play on our own. They did a great job, they had a plan, they followed it 100%, and we came out of all the angles they play, from all the systems we make and spent some bad choices. “
Coach Bardzokas and the Angelopoulos brothers talked to you … What did they say after the exclusion?
“We’re all together.”
They call him … a “little final”. Is 3rd place, against Panathinaikos on Sunday (25/5) a place of consolation for you?
“I don’t think this ‘Little Final’ must exist in my opinion, we come in to play … We are professionals and we have to give 100%. To win. To end the Euroleague season with a win and dedicate ourselves from Friday in the Greek league finals. “
A message from you to Olympiacos Sasha fans:
“Thank you for being here. We know it was a terribly difficult journey, distant and thank them for following us here. “
And finally, as you have co -existed as teammates with Vasilis Spanoulis at Olympiacos and are you a bit like a … spiritual child, how did you see his own success with Monaco?
“In the five months in the technical leadership of Monaco, he has shown a great deal of work. We have also seen him with Peristeri and tomorrow Vasilis Spanoulis is ready to conquer a Euroleague! And we wish him wholeheartedly to do it! “