Muratos: “Only pride that the national team will be present again in a big appointment”

Vassilis Mouratos stated on the EEC website that he was proud of the achievement of the goal of qualifying for the World Cup by the National team. The international guard of Prometheus, shortly after the completion of yet another successful qualifying route for the National team, spoke about the course, the moments, his feelings and thoughts for the future.

– The national team closed the long qualifying process with two matches without any points, but with you proving to be consistent and the image of the team to be more than decent

“Personally, I have said it too many times that the fact that there is no score motivation does not mean anything when you are in the National Team. Equally, all the children who participated in the effort gave more than 100%. I will not stop saying that every time we represent the National team it is the greatest honor and pride that can exist for an athlete and I will always react and act with this phrase in mind every time I am here”.

– Obviously, the mind was also on the two matches that were on the schedule, but counting down to the World Cup, do you think that the motivation was growing, with the thought of claiming a place there?

“Of course there is. For me personally to talk about myself first it would be very important to be there, either in the pre-selection or even more in the final selection of the team that will go to the World, it is a lifelong dream to be in a very big event with the National Team club. From here on out, I think the same is true for all the guys who were here, they showed it on the field, they showed it with their will, I think it’s clear that we all look even higher for our presence in the national team”.

– Three times the National Team entered the qualification process and three times it achieved the goal of qualification. The team shows that it has continuity in the big matches, but that it has continuity in the material as well, with 39 players involved in the success.

“I think that, let me say, we greatly underestimate the fact that every time the National Team is there. We take success for granted, but believe me it’s not, because I’ve experienced all the windows from the first to the last, we’ve seen too many big teams get left out and not represented in a big competition, so I think the fact that the National Team is always there is in itself a huge success. From here on, it really shows that there is continuity in Greek basketball, regardless of what is said each time with the first negative result, I think we should be very proud of what we expected and I believe that there will be similar continuity”.

– For you, in this course of six windows, which match was the most important, which you consider to have had a special significance?

“When we look back, that is the window economy, we understand that all games are important and that there is no one game that you can single out. I would like to refer to two games referring to me, the first one that I experienced at home with Turkey from the most fantastic atmospheres that I have been in as a player, I have experienced and having a large and substantial participation and that I managed in the game with Serbia and I became captain of the national team at the age of 25. Something that even in my wildest dreams I would not have expected when I started from Agioi Anargyros, so I would like to separate these two games.