Stamatis: “Our team has a great appetite for work”

THE Women’s National Team has begun her preparation for his matches Eurobasket to be held in Israel. Among the most experienced athletes is Evina Stamati, who after her injury adventure, from last Sunday was integrated into the mission of the Greek team in Portaria.

The international guard initially spoke about the fact that the National Team will be present in yet another big appointment. “It is very important that the Women’s National Team is among the 16 best teams in Europe. We are proud to be in another EuroBasket final. We have a new team in the last year and a half, but with a great appetite for work. We want to be a team in every sense of the word and our motto is mutual support. We’ve been doing it for a year and a half and now we’re on the final stretch. The most important thing is that the team has cohesion».

Evina Stamati also referred to the opponents, putting Spain in the foreground although, as she said, it is too early to draw conclusions. “In recent years Spain has shown that it is one of the strongest teams in Europe. Our opponents in the group have changes and new faces, but it is still too early to say anything. We are in the second week of our preparation. When the time comes we will face each team having received the appropriate instructions from the coaching team».

In Eurobasket there are many matches in a short period of time with the experienced guard explaining how an athlete should think…”In a Eurobasket with continuous matches it is important to concentrate on the next match and forget the previous one. The concentration part plays a big role especially in defensive operations».

Before getting on the plane bound for Tel Aviv, the Women’s National Team will play a series of friendlies, including the games of the “Vasso Beskaki” tournament, which will take place at the Agios Thomas indoor stadium in Marousi.As part of our preparation, there is also the Vaso Beskaki tournament which has been established. Through these games against strong opponents we will see in which areas we are good and what we need to fix. It is an opportunity that we are playing in Athens to have the world by our side and to give us strength in view of our official obligations».

As for what is left etched in her memory from the participation in Eurobasket, she didn’t have to think too much. “The two successes in 2009 and 2017 of course. First in Latvia with 5th place in 2009 and then in 2017 in Prague with 4th place. The victory and performance against Turkey was something not to be forgotten».