Panathinaikos lost its second game against Valencia at OAKA, this time with a score of 86-89, and will travel to Spain on Tuesday to qualify for the Final Four.
The "Greens" are complaining about the refereeing, with the owner of KAE, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, uploading a video in which Montero steps on the line.
Ergin Ataman also commented on the refereeing, with the Turkish coach stating the following during the press conference: "You will certainly have questions, and I will answer them. But I want to start with other things. Yesterday, their coach made statements and said that in the third game, everything he did after the technical fouls was because I received two technical fouls and changed the game, because after that, the referees helped us win the game.
Now, if I talk about the referees, certainly, like all season... I think I've paid 35,000 euros in fines, I will pay a fine. What fine was given for that statement that we won the first two games because the referees helped us after the technical fouls? What does it mean? That the referees helped us win the games. Any fine? No.
I will not talk about other things. Everyone saw the game tonight. I want to go home and watch the game. I know the tactical mistakes we made, but I want to watch it again. At halftime, I said that for the first time in my career, in 25 years, I saw such strange things.
It's 2-2, we won two games there with the help of the referees, they won two games here, the referees were very good. A technical foul on my bench because someone is standing. Throughout the game, I say that you gave us a technical foul, but on Valencia's bench, 2-3 coaches are standing. Nothing. They won fairly. We will go there for the fifth game. I suggest everyone watch the game, watch the possessions."