The national coach of the Men’s National Team, Vasilis Spanoulisin his statements after the defeat of Greece from Great Britain for the 3rd matchday of the qualifying phase of Eurobasket 2025 made reference to the points of the game, which cost, while he emphasized that everyone must be supportive, tolerant, patient and next to the new generationnoting, at the same time, that the National must win the next games to qualify.
The statements of Vassilis Spanoulis in detail:
“We wanted to build a new philosophy this summer. We had an excellent first 17 minutes, by nature I would say. Somewhere in there we lost our minds, we missed rebounds even from shots, which is unacceptable and Great Britain came back into the game.
We entered the third quarter sluggishly, the opponents played much harder, on the foul line, maybe even more. Now we have one more game, win it and everything will be fine. Experiences are perhaps even more important than a game now, this is also the concept of windows. Nothing is easy and everyone has to prove why they are called. They are big and mature children, nothing will be given to them. We must constantly have new children. There are guys, for whom playing in the national team is a huge burden and that’s reasonable, we shouldn’t judge them unfairly or harshly. We have to understand that we gave opportunities to the kids who are playing in the league. We must be supportive and tolerant and stand by the new generation. If we are critical we will never produce players. Here we have to win and get the next wins to qualify.
It cost us that our peripherals did not have clear decisions, perhaps fatigue also played a role. We had hasty and not correct decisions to circulate the ball. We were hesitant and indecisive.
We have to win Sunday’s match, it’s not just for the experience. I expect them all on Sunday. Sengelia played yesterday and today with the Georgian national team. How will we go to Eurobasket if he is not in the National team now? I am always with them, if they are not tired or injured, we want them to come and help».
Source: Sport Fm
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