And officially now Dimitris Itoudis will be the one who will guide the National Team of Greece in its final phase Eurobasket 2022as EEC and CSKA Moscow came to an agreement.
In fact, the president of CSKA Andrei Vatutin to take his hat off to Vangelis Liolios for the way the EEC handled the negotiations, in the statements he made on the association’s website.
In detail what he said:
“First of all, I am sincerely happy for Dimitris. Leading your country’s national team is a huge honor and responsibility. But with his long-term work, eight of which at CSKA, coach Itoudis won the invitation and will now lead a team with many great players and a glorious history. Yes, this means that Dimitris will lose part of our preparation. A number of factors, however, influenced our decision.
Firstly, in this difficult time for the whole world, when it is difficult to predict anything, I want to contribute to stability.
Secondly, knowing how important this job is for Dimitris, we wanted to reward him both for the successes he has had with CSKA in the past years and for his desire to stay with us and continue this difficult period.
Thirdly, we felt the great interest, respect and discreet attitude from the invitation of the Hellenic Basketball Federation and, in particular, its president Vangelis Liolios who personally came to Moscow to negotiate the issue. We wish from the bottom of our hearts to Dimitris and the National Team of Greece good luck in the European Championship “.
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