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Diamantidis: “My favorite is winning the Euroleague in 2007”

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Dimitris Diamantidis characterized its conquest in 2007 with Panathinaikos as his favorite distinction in the Euroleague. The veteran ace and now a member of the committee that manages the greens spoke to the Euroleague about this event, stating what he remembers and finally explaining the reasons that distinguish the Euroleague of the 2007 season.

“I was very happy because I did not know the feeling of winning the Euroleague. I was 27 in Athens, you can not expect anything more. Everything was perfect. In Athens, the first trophy with 20,000 fans, what else do you want?“, He stated.

In detail, Dimitris Diamantidis stressed:

“In the 2006/07 season we had high expectations and our goal was to go to the Final Four. Week by week we got better as a team and in the end we were very lucky, but not only lucky, but we also had a good team and qualified for the Final Four. Athena’s.

In the semifinal we faced Taou Keramika, we defeated them, we went to the final and there we faced a great team, CSKA. We beat her and we were very happy about it.

For me it was my favorite EuroLeague title from the ones I won. He was special. Coach Obradovic said before the locker room game that it is final, we are anxious, but in the end it is just a game. We are in Athens with our fans. Let’s go out on the floor to enjoy it and in the end we will be winners.

Of course the tactics were part of the match, especially against a team like CSKA with great players and a team. They also had a great coach like Ettore Messina. So we had in mind all the good points of CSKA, but we also saw the weaknesses of the team. We had a good game and we won.

My favorite phase, I do not remember when it was, but I remember that Mike Batiste scored a very important basket. We were close to the score and with this difficult basket he gave us confidence as a team.

I was very happy because I did not know the feeling of winning the Euroleague. I was 27 in Athens, you can not expect anything more. Everything was perfect. In Athens, the first trophy with 20,000 fans, what else do you want?

I celebrated my victory by embracing my teammates, everyone. That’s what I did. A special memory was the one that everyone has after a title. “I went to the locker room where there was champagne and someone rained on us all.”

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