“Good mood from Friday evening, when the Poles, after great moments and performances from Mateusz Ponitka and AJ Slaughter, beat the Group D host in Prague, Saturday afternoon they quickly fell into oblivion . , she hit hard from afar, she skillfully limited our forces. The Poles could not respond to the opponent’s good play. They lost until 59:89. They played badly, badly, very badly “- Łukasz Cegliński, editor-in-chief of Sport.pl, wrote after the Poles’ second match at Eurobasket.
The players themselves and the coaching staff would agree with this assessment. – From the first action we were not in the rhythm, we were distracted. The Finns immediately imposed their style of play on us. And that’s what they sailed to the end – said Łukasz Kolenda. – We played terribly – admitted coach Igor Milici.
“I don’t think we fought until the end”
Another player from our squad, Aaron Cel, didn’t bite his tongue after the game. – I don’t know if it’s a very serious failure. We will see on Monday, how we will react to the next game. The way the Finns beat us was definitely not cool, though. They played well for 40 minutes and even when they had a huge advantage they wanted to finish us off, which I consider sporting behavior. I don’t think we fought to the end – he said in an interview with DVT Sport.
And he added: – Every game is a big challenge for us. On Friday we managed to win in a wonderful Czech atmosphere. On Saturday, the Finns had 3/4 of the hall behind them, which also created difficult conditions for us. They probably suffered too, but we certainly shouldn’t look like we did.
– We have to pull ourselves together. We have the day off and we have to show a different face in the game against Israel, because it won’t be an easier game. And it will be very important, perhaps crucial – concluded the Goal.
After two matches, the Poles have a victory and a defeat. The next game will be played Monday at 2:00 p.m. Our rival will be Israel. Live coverage on Sport.pl.
