Baffes for appeasing slogans against Sloukas: “Olympiacos and Angelopoulos represent these values”

A few days after his triumph Olympiakou in the Final-8 of the Cup, o Christos Buffetsmade his own intervention on his “Live Replay” show EOK WebRadio.

The Sports Director of the “red and white” referred to satisfaction that this title caused to the team, spoke about it atmosphere of the final, while he also commented on the movement of the same, his Papanikolaou and Lepeniotis to the world to stop the slogans for him Kostas Sloukas.

What he said in detail:

On whether they enjoyed this Cup the most: “I think it was not so much that we enjoyed it, but the fact that all these months, from September onwards, the team receives a challenge from both “enemies” and “friends”, which it does not deserve. Even if mistakes are made, where obviously they are made, the criticism that has been made all this time has been a little inelegant by some. On the other hand, the support from the people of the team was huge all these months. Also, the fact that the team has been through a lot since September, with a lot of injuries, created a pressure, which we all managed very well. When the team was able to train all together for a long time, so that we could find the person we want on the floor, we had this result that we had.”

For the movement of himself, Papanikolaou and Lepeniotis to the world to stop the slogans for Kostas Sloukas: “It started at the same time from all three, not from one, without us having agreed or seen each other. If you watch the video, we all get up almost at the same time. This also shows the climate that exists in this team, how we deal with sports. Many times this is misunderstood, we also receive criticism, it has been heard many times about the “Olympics of good children” and so on, but we will continue to advocate for this. These values ​​are represented by Olympiacos, these values ​​are represented by the Angelopoulos. When the “head” leads you like this, we must and must follow. The Angelopoulos are rare people.”

For the atmosphere at the final: “At the end of the day, basketball is a game and we have to treat it that way. Taking all the parameters into account, in Crete the best final of those I remember in a basketball game took place. The hashtag “einaigiorti” really took place. We are not considering the fact that there were some Panathinaikos fans perhaps more organized who may have believed more in the team and happened to get more tickets together to make a mini stand. And the specific ones who came, apart from 2-3 times, did not have such abusive slogans. It is good that they are also missing when we are talking about a final where there are children and so on. It wasn’t something to remember negatively, but instead a lot of things happened to remember positively. I wish we could get to the point where fans go to the stadium wearing their team scarf, sit side by side and treat it like a game, because it really is. It’s all been huge progress and I think it can get even better and it will get even better. Maybe if it is corrected a little and the program can become even better the whole project”.

On how this season can end for Olympiakos: “How this year will end is a long way off, because there are many unsettled factors. That’s why we are looking at the next match with Zalgiris. After a long time there is a three-four day holiday in the middle of the year, it is an unprecedented condition. Let’s get together in the next few days, continue our training and be ready for the game against Zalgiris”.

For the works at “SEF”: “Essentially, nothing has been done. Everything that is currently being done at “SEF” is being done with the help of the management and employees of the stadium. All the projects that have been done are with the initiative and money of KAE Olympiacos. The presidents’ priority is to create the right facilities, within reasonable limits, for the teams. We are very happy that our gym has become the best basketball team gym in Europe. It is currently at the disposal of our internationals for their preparation, as well as in the summer ahead of the pre-Olympic. Importantly, we have improved the facilities in the dressing rooms of the visiting teams, the referees and even our own team, who have created a nice facility with an ice-cold swimming pool and jacuzzi, to the standards of very large football teams. Olympiacos tries to provide its athletes with such things, but we must also provide for our world. We tried and there is an upgrade of the field. There was a large energy loss in the “SEF” from the Doors, so we closed the two exits with two automatic mechanisms, closed the bellows and thus the temperature in the “SEF” increased by an average of 5 units. Olympiacos deserves and must at some point get a stadium for what it has contributed to Greek basketball and based on what is happening with the other teams. Olympiacos should get its own house”.

On the fact that there is an interruption in the Euroleague due to “windows”: “I think it’s right, because all the years that it wasn’t like that, nobody liked it, but everybody… put up with it. It is important that this was decided and also that it was done at the initiative of the Euroleague teams in order to find the “golden ratio”. FIBA also took a step back. It’s good to have a break from the Euroleague, to have anticipation, because the Euroleague is the number one basketball product in Europe. It gets better every year, there is a huge upgrade in the organization and all the stadiums are full. However, it is good that on Friday (23/02) the stadium will be full and everyone will be on the side of the national team. It’s a new era and we should all support it.”