Galatasaray Nef faced Aliağa Petkim Spor in the 18th week of the ING Basketball Super League. Our team won the match played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall 96-73. After the match, our Head Coach Ekrem Memnun and our players Rıdvan Oncel and Melo Trimble evaluated the match to Galatasaray TV.
Expressing that they were concentrating on Aliağa Petkim Spor, forgetting the defeat in the previous match, Koç Ekrem Memnun made the following assessment:
“WE ARE TAKING STEPS IN POSITIVE DIRECTION”
“We want to win every game and we are preparing for that. We want to establish a game standard. We lost a very dramatic game last week. They exist in sports. We fought until the end. We lost a part of the match, which we took the lead for a long time, by not managing well mentally. Everyone was upset. Not easy. From there, we got up and went back to sticking to our game again. We are minding our business. At this level, it is not experienced by looking at the previous match. There’s no time for that. The only thing that can be done is to learn and repair, learn lessons and not live with bad consequences. We are trying to do this, to establish it as a culture. It’s the same in the game. It doesn’t matter much what happened in the previous position. We are looking at the next position. We try to stay concentrated. We are taking steps in a positive direction. We will continue to do this. I congratulate the players for their determination. I think we played very good basketball on offense and defense from time to time. Thank you to everyone who came here today to support us. We will look ahead and prepare.”
Expressing that they want to get good results in the Champions League, Ekrem Memnun said about the Hapoel match, “We have never talked to the team about that match until now. We always focus on the next game. We will be ready from tomorrow. We want to be successful there. In the second round, there are stronger and more established teams. Nothing is easy. The first round wasn’t easy either. We walked out of the group with our fingernails. We fought for every ball. We will do the same. We are very optimistic. The important thing is to go out on the field and do what is necessary. We will be ready to do that too.” used the expressions.
Rıdvan Öncel presented the victory to our fans and said, “We are happy that we won and we didn’t send our fans empty-handed. Now we’re going to get into a busy fixture. We need our fans more than ever. I hope they don’t leave us alone. I hope we get the best out of this intense fixture both in the league and in Europe.” said.
The team’s top scorer in this match, Melo Trimble, said, “It was a game where we played well as a team, sticking to the game plan. We won by playing well. I hope we will win the next Hapoel match as well. All matches in the last 16 of the Champions League will be difficult. As Galatasaray, we want to win every match. We believe we can win.” he said.
