The best wish for what we want to see in Greek stadiums, regardless of sport, he gave through bwinΣΠΟΡ FM 94,6 The Costas Papanikolaou!
Speaking to Niko Zerva for the conquest of the Greek Cup against Panathinaikos, the 31-year-old forward of Olympiacos stressed, among other things, that he was very beautiful to see Panathinaikos fans behind the “red and white” bench and not the slightest thing happens and noted: “This beautiful element, which will delight and fill me, is to see such a celebration, but with fans everywhere and not to do the slightest thing. This will be a blessing for Greek sports, not only for Greek basketball»!
From there, he declared his conquest first trophy since 2016 gives self confidence for the difficult continuation in the championship and Euroleague.
“I do not discuss it because we wanted it so much. It’s the first title of the year, we are not fed up with titles, to say it as it is, so we definitely wanted it very much, we definitely thought about it a lot, it was definitely, maybe, the pressure we had, but the most important thing is that we coped , we found the ways and won the trophy “were the first words of Papanikolaou, who then referred to overthrowwhat his team did in the last period and what played a role in it.
“I think the determination of the children who were in the top five, the attachment and the dynamism that we all showed in the defense, in phases in the attack, in combination with important baskets, and phases of character that everyone took out, helped us turn the game around and get the momentum and the psychology of the match “stressed and continued: “Panathinaikos, was very good, combative, put big shots in the beginning, which released the game very much. That too proves once again, it does not matter what people consider to be the dynamics of the teams, when it comes to a Panathinaikos-Olympiakos derby. In these cases everything else goes for a walk».
Costas Papanikolaou also argued that winning the title will have significant… offer in the team and its continuation in the current season. «It certainly gives us confidence to keep going, it gives us positive energy and positive thinking, and above appetite and mood to keep working hard. Thinking about what this non-conquest could bring is certainly a very important part for us“, he said.
Finally, he stood in the atmosphere that prevailed in “Dyo Aorakia” and joint presence of fans of the two “eternals”.
«It was very beautiful to see children in Panathinaikos jerseys sitting behind our bench and nothing happening.
The world was very well divided. This beautiful element, which will delight and fill me, is to see such a celebration, but with fans everywhere and not to do the slightest thing. This will be a blessing for Greek sports, not only for Greek basketball!
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