Coach Poeta: Performance & Audience Engagement

This is how Coach Peppe Poeta commented on the match against Panathinaikos: “I’m super happy for the boys’ performance and for the victory. We played a game of great quality in attack, finding fluidity and the ability to activate our best shooters. However, I think our defense made the difference in the first five minutes of the third quarter. We did it thanks to the support of our crowd: I said it after the match against Olympiacos: when you score a basket, if people make themselves heard then you can fight even more. Today the Forum was exceptional against a team like this deep, full of talent and coached by a great coach. Our goal in attack is to have fluidity of action in the open field and execution in the mid-court game. We must become better at understanding when to run and when to stop and, above all, have the cynicism to attack in the mid-court game using the right players against the less skilled defenders. There was also a good game from Guduric, in addition to the seven points, the six assists, he gave us rhythm, he played to put his teammates in a position to score it will be even more so in the future. The only negative note was Leandro Bolmaro’s injury. For Sunday we hope to recover Leonardo Totè, who has a stiff back. Unfortunately, the others will not recover so we will continue to be short and we will try to play another great match, always with the support of our people. Fun is a concept I believe in: if you have fun you don’t feel tired, so you train more, so you improve more and you are a stronger player.”