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Sapropoulos: "We started without energy and concentration, this is a difficult evening for us"

Maccabi Tel Aviv coach after the jarring loss to Olympiacos: "We tried to fight, but the difference was too big. We were not fresh after the last games and the head did not respond."

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Friday, 19 November 2021, 23:16 Updated: 23:29

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Maccabi Tel Aviv came with good momentum to the Peace and Fraternity Hall in Piraeus and hoped to record a second consecutive and eighth victory of the season in 11 rounds in the Euroleague, but Yannis Sapropoulos' visit to the Olympiacos hall he knows well ended in a loss again.

This time, in contrast to last season's encounter that ended on the edge of a basket, the Yellows fell 27 points behind at the end of the first quarter and all their attempts to chase the host were in vain, even though the humiliation ended in a 90-73 loss.

At the end, Sapropoulos claimed: "A difficult evening for us, a very bad start. It was clear that we started without concentration and without energy that would equal Olympiacos' very fast game. When you start so badly in the first quarter and you are not mentally ready to play a hard game, then very complicated to return."

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"There are also such evenings."

Yannis Sapropoulos (Photo: Danny Maron)

If the problem was fatigue after a midweek game: "We played a lot of games, including Monaco this week, that it took a lot of energy out of us to win, then I think that's why we might have lacked the energy and concentration. If your body is not fresh, then your head is not Ready to respond.We tried to fight the next three quarters, but the difference was so big that we could not do too much.When you play so many games then there are also such evenings.We have to forget this game, the Euroleague is a marathon, if you think about one game "We will lose the next game. We will have to learn how to prepare for the game after a difficult game. I thank the Maccabi fans who supported me, the Olympiacos fans who did not forget me, and I wish them success."

Which is harder, a dramatic loss or such a scorching defeat: "I do not know what is harder, a loss on a point to CSKA or a loss like today.

Both situations are difficult, where we could have won with one last shot, and it's hard to deal with, and today losing by 27 points in the first quarter is also difficult.

We will have to deal with these situations, we are professionals, we have experienced players and we will have to know how to react to this thing. "

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