BASKETBALL

Post-game Quotes - Igor Kokoskov

22 January 2021 Friday 23:00

It was a very, very difficult game to play in a tough place. At this moment, this is the best team in the EuroLeague, with many weapons, a lot of good players. We understood how difficult and how tough the game was going to be. We talked about it after losing Danilo Barthel, who is a big piece of our team, a big part of our rotation, and Ahmet Duverioglu, who couldn't play in the second half. The reason I am mentioning this is our lack of size was worrying me and it was a concern to match CSKA's size with their forwards and [Nikola] Milutinov. That was the biggest concern: energy and the lack of size. But aside from that, the effort was there. We showed high character. It is a big win for us and that's really a compliment to CSKA Moscow and Coach Itoudis, for the work they are doing all these years, and this year, too. We are going to enjoy this victory and credit goes to all of our players, the players who played the game and the players who were on the bench watching the game.