Aris against Lioliou: “We withdraw our trust, we will inform FIBA ​​and Euroleague what we are experiencing”

“Attack” on the EEC and Vangelis Liolios by KAE Aris.

The “yellows” knocked out Prometheus, winning 88-87 in Patras with him as a hero Toliopoulosbut they have terrible complaints from the refereeing of the match and emphasize that they withdraw their confidence in the leadership of the Federation.

“We’ve got your back. You denied us. Time to move on“, they point out, but also: “The usual procedure for arbitrations like yesterday’s is to send the video of the match to KED/EEC. Since there is no longer any trust in the competent body in Greece, we will send the video in question to FIBA, but also to Euroleague Basketball, in order to make it understood internationally what we are experiencing in Greece, in this particular part».

The announcement

ARIS Midea is since yesterday (23/05) in the four best teams in Greece after seven years and he managed it in an epic way. But unfortunately the feelings that flood us are not only joy. They are mixed with those of rage and indignation.

ARIS Midea last year lost three places from three brutal arbitrations Announcements were issued, but nothing changed. This year, he followed a different logic and to this day, despite what happened during the season, he was never officially installed, hoping (wrongly, as it turned out), that the theater of the absurd that he experienced in many matches, will at some point end. So far, though…

Yesterday, ARIS Midea won in Patras. But he never had the “we won, let it go…” logic.

Now, it’s not “our fault” the referees, like those of yesterday’s game, who bypassed every concept of basketball logic. The responsibility rests entirely with the “head”. And this is none other than the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

On 10/9/2021, the refrain was “all these years I have seen children cry because of dietary injustice. If I see even one child crying again, the person responsible will be kicked out.” We inform you that ARIS has thousands of children who support him (in fact, in every match at the “Nick Galis Hall” and many times they have cried a black tear. It has been almost three years since that statement. It has long ago passed, even the period grace…

ARIS was the only major group that officially supported the current administration of E.O.K. in the last elections. In the hope that something will change, in front of what he experienced, but also other teams, having been deprived of titles, with the previous regime of the Federation. In fact, he “applauded” with actions initiatives such as the existence of a development team, being the only club that used this innovation to develop its young players (see Admiral Votsis). All this, without ever asking for a favor, but an equal treatment that (he) missed so much.

But nothing changed, as we understood and experienced with great regret. The pathologies in the part of the arbitration not only remained, but… evolved, since now the gross injustice does not only concern the matches with the two “strong”, but also the “lower strata”.

We’ve got your back. You denied us. Time to move on.

It is now our belief that you cannot improve on anything you have promised, therefore we are obliged to withdraw our confidence in you. No, we do not regret that we supported you, as a new administration, which, as it appeared, did not depend on the interests of the “big” or the “big and medium”, but was determined to bring equality. Simply, you did not live up to our expectations for a championship that will be played “evenly”. The sample is too “big” to pass up…

We also appeal to ESAKE, the organizing authority of the Stoiximan Basket League, which cannot watch what is happening apathetically, with the motto “we do not control the refereeing”. ESAKE is the teams and we invite them to an extensive discussion, in order to break the abscess that afflicts professional basketball and, by extension, the investments of the OEMs. So far, no one (seems to) actually care. Let’s all work together!

Epilogue: The usual procedure for arbitrations like yesterday’s is to send the video of the match to KED/EEC. Since there is no longer any trust in the competent body in Greece, we will send the video in question to FIBA, but also to Euroleague Basketball, in order to make it understood internationally what we are experiencing in Greece, in this particular part.