A National Basketball Team Head Coach Ergin Ataman: Tough matches are waiting for us

The National Basketball Team, which will face Belgium at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall on Friday, November 11, and Serbia away on Monday, November 14, in the FIBA ​​2023 World Cup Qualifications, continues its preparations. Head coach Ergin Ataman answered the questions of the press members before the training.

Starting his speech by drawing attention to the Belgium and Serbia matches, Ataman said, “We will play 2 matches in this part of the World Cup Qualifiers. We continue the preparations as of Saturday. We are evaluating the matches one by one. We will play against Belgium here on Friday evening. It is a critical fight for us. Our situation in the qualifiers. “It’s critical. We definitely have to win the Belgium game. Belgium is a very experienced team. We played in Georgia in the European Championship before and we won. However, today’s squad is different from our point of view. Belgium comes with the same squad. They have a very experienced squad. Important.” They have names. A difficult match is waiting for us. We have announced a 16-man squad, there are new names. We will decide on 12 people on Friday morning. We want to win the Belgium match with the support of Sinan Erdem, with the support of the audience, with a strong and pressured defense. On Monday, we want to win the Belgium match against Serbia and Belgrade. “After the Belgium game, we will start the preparations for this match immediately,” he said. I.

“FIBA AND EUROLEAGUE CANNOT MAKE REGULATIONS”

Stating that the players are going through a busy period and they need support, Ergin Ataman said, “I want to make a call to the fans. Although Belgium does not seem to be a strong team like France, we need to use our field advantage. The players are going through a busy period. “After a light training today, we will send 4 of our players to Fenerbahçe camp. I am here today and tomorrow, but then I will go to Madrid and head the team. Then we will meet again with our friends playing in Fenerbahçe. The matches are tough, but we will definitely win this match,” he said. .
Stating that the process affected the players, Ataman said, “I don’t have much trouble. I will not be able to attend the training session only on Thursday. But there is a problem for the players. 4 players of Fenerbahçe will play a very difficult Euroleague match on Thursday evening and then they will play on Friday. Barcelona, ​​Sertaç He does not send Şanlı. There is also a contradiction here. His team allows the player playing in Belgium. But we will not be able to use a Sertaç. There are such contradictions. They need to end, everyone is talking about it. It was said that a solution would be found, the only solution was found, They didn’t play a match on Friday in the Euroleague. This is not a solution. We use all of our players who play in the Turkish League. I want to thank our clubs. First of all, we thank Fenerbahçe, which has 4 players, we use all 4 of their players. Finding a solution to this It is obvious that it is necessary. In the end, serious injuries may occur to some players,” he concluded.