Quotes after the game Rilski Sportist - Sutjeska

Rilski Sportist defeated Sutjeska at home in the first round of group A in EUROHOLD Balkan League. Here are what both head coaches said after the game:

Rosen Barchovski, head coach of BC Rilski Sportist: "I′m happy with the win. It′s always nice to start a tournament with victory and usually in the first game there is always some pressure and rarely is easy. The win didn′t come easily. We allowed the opponent to grab 22 offensive rebounds despite the fact we were preparing for this. Also we had a short rotation because two players didn′t come in as brave as in the friendlies and we got tired. The pressure resulted in low shooting percentage. I expected us to win but knew it would be difficult. We need to be happy but for first game is always good to start with a win. There is nothing easy. We have a game with Spartak and immediately after that Teodo is coming. And they are better and more experienced team than Sutjeska."
 

Dusan Dubljevic, head coach of KK Sutjeska: "I′m happy with our debut. Rilski is a very good team that last season played in EuroChallenge and they showed that in the preparation period. I′m happy with the way we played and from that defeat we can only learn something. We missed a lot if triples and we had a chance to be close to them. We had some clear situations that we missed and at the end Rilski team showed that they have the experience to play in Europe and punished us. I congratulate them.

We made a young team with four a little bit more experienced players. We showed we are a tough team and we can fight for the win on the court. I think that in front of our fans nobody will be favourite against us."