Marko Guduric: 'Winning the EuroLeague with Fener would be a dream come true'

The 29-year-old sat down with Euroleague.net's Igor Petrinovic at the club's Final Four media day

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is back at the Final Four and so is guard Marko Guduric. In his second stint and sixth season with the team, the 29-year old Guduric is getting ready for a trip to Berlin which will be his third Final Four, but first since 2019.

"It's been five years and for Fenerbahce that's a lot", Guduric says to Euroleague.net's Igor Petrinovic. "It's a great feeling. And I am really proud of the team and of myself."

To get to the German capital with the right to compete for EuroLeague glory, Fenerbahce needed to make history and become the first team to win a deciding Game 5 on the road. And it did so in overtime against AS Monaco.

Fenerbahce had to show great character, especially since it previously squandered an opportunity to clinch the series in Game 4 at home. But the team found a way to bounce back and show the traits that it wants to have on display in Berlin.

"The biggest strength of this team is just - team", Guduric explains. "We don't rely on one guy or two guys. It's about team, sharing the ball, it's about playing the right way and following the rules, which is really important."

For Guduric, the story around this Final Four is different than the previous two occasions when he made the trips, in 2018 and 2019. Both of those years Fenerbahce had the status of a favorite and its Final Four appearances were expected, to say the least.

But since then, Fenerbahce went through four coaching changes in the last four years and Guduric has seen every one of those. The journey proved just how hard it is to make the Final Four, let alone win the title, even for a powerhouse such as Fenerbahce.

"It is really hard to get there. These past four seasons made me realize it even more. It is unbelievably hard", Guduric says about reaching the Final Four. "[Winning it] with Fener, since I came here, this has been the dream. That's the only thing that is on my mind. Winning the EuroLeague with Fener would be a dream come true."