THE Ergkin Ataman spoke to ERT’s camera after the end of Greece’s semifinals with Turkey For Eurobasket 2025 and qualifying for his team in the final of the event.
Ergkin Ataman said Turkey deserved a victory against Greece, said he was very pleased with his team’s behavior in defense and attack, while pointing out that with a similar appearance in the final – core in Germany – he believes in the gold medal.
“I’m sorry for all my friends in Greece who were watching the game, but we deserved to win. We played good defense, stopped John and other key players, such as Sloukas and Toliopoulos. In the attack we played perfectly, we got a great win against an incredible team.
We knew that John would protect the racket, I had told Osmani to get the free shots he would find and found confidence. Greece is a better team than Germany, if we play this way we will win. We will try to get Turkey’s first Eurobasket title, “he said in detail.