It was important to achieve this match before the Bulgarian Cup
Levski won with 80:74 Spartak Pleven in a postponed match of the NBL, and after the success of the experienced basketball player of the “blues” Assen A big comment to Sportal.bg how he and his teammates have surpassed the opponent.
– What happened to you and what did not happen to you against Spartak Pleven?
– During most of the match we hurried in attack, when we do not make the right decisions and play incorrectly in attack, we give very easy baskets to Spartak Pleven. They punished every mistake. We have a lot of mistakes, from which I got a lot of easy baskets. I am glad that we finally won. It was important for us to achieve. Now let’s clear up the problems, because as we had injuries in the team, we can’t have a good trained process during the break for the national team. All this has some impact, but I’m glad we won and that was the most important thing in today’s match.
Titi Papazov: My tears are from the happiness that the players stay in Levski
– Why can’t you start your rhythm?
– We make too many mistakes. In today’s match, in the absence of Chavdar Kostov, young boys came in to play, who are still inexperienced, but in general I think we will clear up these mistakes, as I will correct the information about the training. As I said, two weeks because of the national team there are really not ten people and we trained in a completely different way. When you are not leading a good training process due to lack of competitors, it is difficult not to make mistakes in the match. I am sure that at the end of the month, when the Bulgarian Cup is approaching, the team will look radically different from what it shows today.
Tsvetomir Chernokozhev: I do not look at the statistics, the most important thing is the victory
– What went wrong after the break?
– We started the third part very individually. We made 4 or 5 mistakes in the first 3-4 minutes, which Spartak immediately punished with easy baskets. All this stuck us and did not show the game we had to play. I am glad that we later managed to take the lead with a comfortable lead and close the match.
– Purely from the psychological point of view before the cup, how important was this success?
– It was very important. The match in Burgas, the match with the Black Sea, this is an important match, because as the classification we are not in a good position and each match is important for us to be able to improve our position ahead in the standings.