He broke hearts and sent shivers of emotion the only daughter of Giannis Ioannidis, Eleni – Theodorato funeral which he pronounced at memorial service held at Agios Ioannis Voulas. In fact, he chose the lyrics from a favorite song of the “blonde”, from the faithful fan of Aris and the national team, Marinelasto say goodbye to him.

“My beloved father, my adoring papa…

I stand here today looking at you as you embark on your final voyage.

And I’m not alone, everyone is here to say the last goodbye, to silently shout out how much we love you and what you meant, what you will always mean to your family, to basketball, to sports, to the whole of Greece. ..

You left early and ingloriously, Dad. You left but you fought bravely, as you did all your life.

You stood on the ramparts, you fought like a beast, you were not afraid of anyone or anything, you were a born winner and fearless.

And now that we say goodbye to you, I see you again proudly in front of me…

Tears stream down our faces, today when we say goodbye to you, but there is also the opposite, the consolation: we mourn that we lost you, but we are also happy because we lived with you, we grew up with you, we walked the paths you carved, we followed the instructions you gave us you gave…

You always asked to be addressed as coach and nothing else.

My coach, I’ll tell you something: the game is not over, you just took a timeout to continue it in the heavenly courts, passing into immortality.

A song of your beloved, Marinella says

“Sometimes I say to change the sky but no, there are no roads”.

But you, my father, found these roads for them».