Spanoulis: “Whenever Printezis saw me, he avoided me because I would talk to him about basketball”

One day before the event at SEF for George Printezisthe glamorous gala organized by Olympiacos in honor of the veteran forward takes place at Asteras Vouliagmenis.

The “present” there was of course given by Vasilis Spanouliswho spoke to the cameras about the relationship which unites him with his long-time teammate in the “red and whites”, and shared funny stories from their common path, making a… prediction that “Pri” she will cry at the event in his honor.

What he said in detail:

That his jersey will have company: “We have always been friends with Giorgos, I am very proud of him, for what he has achieved. I think he deserves every honor he gets. Congratulations to both Olympiakos and the presidents for this huge honor they did him, to retire his shirt. He deserves it, it was just a matter of time and we are here to honor above all the friend and then the teammate for so many years, Giorgos”.

On what life was like with Printezis: “It was easy to play with George. As you all know he was a phenomenal goalscorer. Any time you gave him the ball he could end the phase. First of all he was an amazing character in the locker room, he was a kid you were happy to be with, great sense of humor, lots of jokes. But when he entered the field he was a great winner and in his own way he could lead and lead the team to many victories and titles.”

For the example that Printezis gives to the young children: “George was a servant. He was a child who worked very hard, nothing was given to him, nothing came easy to him in life. Even though he had a hard time, he found the courage and strength to work very hard without making excuses and show everyone what he can do. He never gave up and achieved what he had dreamed of since he was a small child: to make it big with Olympiakos and now for all that he did, for all the sacrifices, he is being rewarded.”

On whether he has a cool story to share: “There are so many that I don’t know which one to remember first. There are so many good and bad. One thing I will say is that whenever Giorgos saw me he wanted to avoid me because I would talk to him about basketball. So he was trying to avoid me but I was chasing him to talk basketball. In general, we got along very well with Giorgos. The most important thing is that through basketball we built a lifelong relationship that we will have forever and for me he was the ideal teammate and the ideal match on the court.”

Regarding the fact that he did not cry last year and what percentage Giorgos Printezis gives to cry: “Okay we are different characters with George, I give him 99.9% to cry.”