From a stopper, a basketball player: The incredible story of Vangelis Zougris who… messed with Olympiakos!

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His name Vangeli Zougri “playing” since yesterday (23/01) everywhere!

His kid (just 18 years old). Pigeon bwin, who nearly blew Olympiakos dry, put on an incredible performance as he was everywhere, defensively and offensively, scoring 9 points (4/4 2-pointers, 1/1 shooting), 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 block in about 11 minutes of action. ! THE Vasilis Spanoulisdue to his injury Dimitris Agravanis, threw the youngster into the deep end and he, not only swam, but also did… long strokes, against players like Mustafa Fal, Joel Boloboi, Tarik Black and Sasha Vezenkov! Generally, took the oil out of them!

However, it is not only his appearance that impressed. Viral have also been done his terrible statements after the game, showing a child with maturity!

What he said; “I am personally proud of our effort, we gave it our all. For my performance I have to say that I just work. It is an honor to be on the bench of such a team. When I play inside, it’s mind-blowing. Especially when you have one of the best players in Europe on the bench. I will die for himI want to give it my all.

I’ve worked too hard, I’m bloody sick. I try to take advantage of the coach’s opportunities, I thank him for trusting me. I work, I will work and I will never give up. I want to play basketball and I will play basketball. Reaching the EuroLeague is my dream, but it is very far away. I’m at zero, below zero. I understand that and that’s what I want to work for.”

The incredible, isn’t it, with Zougris, who was born the 2004 and has height 2.01m is that until four years ago he had never played basketball! And that’s because he played football until he was 14 and because of his height, his coaches put him… stopper!

The 2019however, his parents urged him to pursue basketball, with the former international athlete, Sophia Kligopoulou, to prepare him for his first steps in basketball. So he took part in various tournaments and quickly found a place in the academies of Peristeri bwin!

There, Mr Milan Tomic it singled him out and gave him a chance with the first team at a tender age 17 years old! Besides, it didn’t take long for his call to come National U18with which he took part in European Challengers, held in Israel, averaging 4.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. In the summer of 2022 he played at European U18in which Greece finished 12th, and contributed 10.1 points and 6.9 rebounds in 7 games.

His debut at Peristeri bwin coincidentally happened against Olympiakos on November 7, 2021, scoring 2 points in 1’54” minutes. In total, last year he played in 7 league games, averaging 1.8 points and 1.5 rebounds in 6’06” minutes. This year he is slowly getting more and more playing time, with Vassilis Spanoulis saying yesterday after the match:The most important thing is to put the children in when they are worked up and ready. You shouldn’t mess with kids when they’re not ready and expose them. They have to go through the process of work, attrition and then be sure to play.

All the children are working properly, Zougris and Phytros are working excellently. They entered a difficult game and coped, but they also helped our team a lot.

Let’s focus on the next game, we shouldn’t burn these guys, don’t make them the next Hynes and Papanikolaou, keep a low profile. They have a lot of uphill and hard work and if they continue like this they will be rewarded. Also in the 12th grade we had two other children, Stavrakopoulos and Bilalis”.

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