Larentzakis: “Let’s unite all Greeks and celebrate together”

THE Hellas preparing to fight for a ticket to the Olympic Gamesas it will organize its Pre-Olympic tournament CHEF (July 2-7).

One of the players who will be in the 12 team announced by Vasilis Spanoulisis also o Giannoulis Larentzakiswho made statements on her official website EEC and talked about the tournament that is starting.

“I think that our team is ready and is at a very good level. We played a few friendlies, where we saw our strengths and weaknesses, and the training sessions are also very strong. I believe, based on these, that we will present at the premiere with the Dominican Republic what we want and have been working on all these days”, he said about the start of the group’s obligations.

Larentzakis also focused on the fact that the “blue and white” competes as an organizer in this Pre-Olympic Tournament and points to everyone’s “thirst” for qualification as the most important element: “It’s a big advantage to have the crowd give you a push and to play at your home ground. We have the psychology, we have managed these days to build a chemistry as a whole these days and I think there is nothing more important as an element than the fact that we have a huge desire to be at the Olympics.”

Regarding everyday life under his instructions Spanoulis and the guidance of the Official Favorite by him as a federal coach, the 30-year-old “ace” commented: “Coach Spanoulis is a man who knows basketball and lives for it. He wants to pass on to us this love, appetite for work, desire and we are very willing to respond and get as many stimuli as we can, which will help us”.

As an epilogue o Lorentzakisa player who has his own… connection to the stand, sent his own message to the Greek fans: “The fact that the Pre-Olympic Tournament is being held in our country is a big deal. We want to celebrate together and unite all Greeks again. Greek basketball and Greek sports need new great successes and the National Team exists to unite”.