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Papadopoulos: “Consistent with aggressive defense and teamwork – we gave time to all children”

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The National Youth Countess with its impressive 89-40 Romania in the “two Aorakia” for the third and final match of the Eurobasket U20 Group B, now turning its attention to Finland For the ’16’ phase.

Shortly after this positive result, the federal coach, Kostas Papadopoulosstated: “We have given time to all the kids and we are waiting for our opponent, Finland, for Wednesday’s knockout. Our main characteristic is the aggressive defense and to be consistent in our teamwork. Yesterday we had 29 assists and today we gave 27 “.

THE Ryan added: “The job we’ve done for a month and a half has come out in preparation, but we have to continue in other games because now the knockouts are starting. We play very in a team, which is reflected in the many assists we give in every game. Thank you very much to the coming world. We’re not over yet, we have four more games. “

Finally the Haris Paraskevopoulos stated: “3/3 for us was necessary in order to cross with the least possible opponent of the other group. The team has shown that it is playing beautiful basketball and altruism. This is also our goal from the beginning and we want to continue. We are a team of rich talent, we have children who have starred in larger categories and now we are looking at Finland. We are waiting for the people on the court, thank you for coming so many and have supported us immensely. We want the stadium to fill on Wednesday. “

Romania’s coach Tanasb He underlined after the end of the match with Greece (89-40) that for his team it was an important experience of such a match, as it is the first time in 7 years in the first division. “For us it was an important experience to compete with a team like Greece, with such great potential and perspective. I told the children in the locker rooms that they should not bend their heads, but be happy to be able to represent the country at such a high level for the first time in 7 years.

Greece is a great team, it has depth, it has “bodies”, it has talent, I think it has the background to go to the end. Along with 2-3 groups can go very high. For us now the tournament is starting, since we want to give it everything and stay in the category, which is the big goal of such an infinite team as ours at such a level. “

Source: Sport Fm

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