Quotes after the game SCM U Craiova - KB Sigal Prishtina

SCM U Craiova recorded a big home win over KB Sigal Prishtina in a group B game of EUROHOLD Balkan League. Here are some quotes after the match:

Andjelko Mandic, head coach of SCM U Craiova: "I want to congratulate both teams for the game. Sigal probably didn′t have a good day but we worked hard for that. We played very good in defense and we stopped Berisha who is the top scorer in the league. It was important win for us as a result and to see on which position we′ll finish in the group. When you have this confidence in defense it′s a little easier to play the offense because it′s also a mental game. I′m very happy because we played a team game. Everybody that played was taking responsability. I hope this is a good sign for the new year."

Catalin Petrisor, player of SCM U Craiova: "It was a very important win for us, win for the morale to help us to enter better the upcoming series of games. I think the defense made the difference. We played very aggressive and it was much easier victory than we expected. I hope this win will bring the people back to the gym and they will come in big numbers."


Marjan Ilievski, head coach of KB Sigal Prishtina: "I don′t want to look for alibi but we had a very short time to prepare and we are not complete. We also have injured players that we missed under the basket. We had problems in defensive rebounding as the home team grabbed 15 in offense that led to easy points. We also didn′t play aggressive defense. We were together for a short period of time and we′ll be different soon."

Edmond Azemi, player of KB Sigal Prishtina: "We didn′t play good defense and they also took a lot of rebounds. We weren′t aggressive in defense which is our key to success and we were not ready for this game. We have a new coach, new players, we were together only for two days and the next games will be better for us."