Ukraine started with a victory at EuroBasket 2022
Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Ainars Bagatskis commented on the victory over Great Britain (90:61) at the start of EuroBasket 2022.
“The final result, a big difference in the score, maybe not quite objectively shows the level of our advantage. Great Britain is a really good team. We had a lot of information on them from previous matches where they played against Latvia and Belgium.”
“We had this information, but I always say that it is important to focus not on who you play against, what names, countries, clubs, but on your own work.”
“I think we did a good job. There are a lot of things that we can still influence, but in general we dominated, moved step by step.”
“I’m glad that the guys took the game very seriously. Thanks to them for this. We have a lot of basketball players for whom this EuroBasket is the first in their career.”
“We have done a good job, but that is in the past. Now we are focusing on the next games, the next opponents.”
“It is very important for us to start the match aggressively. There is a new generation in Estonia, I have coached several players of this team, they know how to play. They play hard and aggressive. A smart team playing with a lot of energy. Plus now they have a big one. I don’t even think about things like scheduling. It’s secondary.”
Ukraine will play the next match against Estonia on 3 September. The beginning is at 18:00 Kyiv time.
The Blue-Yellows will also face Italy (September 5), Greece (September 6) and Croatia (September 8) in the group stage. The four best teams from the group will advance to the 1/8 finals.
Source: Sportarena
