Greece-Israel: To close the Eurobasket U20 in fifth place is ‘blue-white’

In spite of the exclusion from the quarter -finals and claiming a medal in Eurobasket U20the Youth National managed to put aside the frustration and present her well -known face in play with her Sloveniadominating the comfortable 82-60 in the closed Bodrum.

As such, Greece will compete today, Sunday (20/07), at 13:00 (ERT 1), against the Israelwhich defeated the Spainwith the aim of conquering 5th position of this year’s event. The loser will finish sixth in his tournament Heraklion.

Top in the last match of “Blue -White” was the Alexander Samondurov with 23 points and 5 rebounds, with Neocles Add 15 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. A key, especially in the second quarter, where the individual score was 21-5 in favor of our country, was the Ryanwhich completed the match with 12 points and 7 rebounds.

“I wanted to take the shot at the end of the quarter -finals with France. I felt I would put it, unfortunately it didn’t come in. I saw the whole game again, I saw the phase, I threw my cellphone, then I was back. Sure then I was unhappy that the team was based on me and I failed. I will overcome it. I don’t want to hide, I want to take responsibility and go forward.

I wish in the future I would get other such shots and put them in to win my team. We are confident, I believe in this group very much, I loved it, we are from young children together and we wanted a distinction very much. It was not unfortunately this year, I wish we could do it in the future. We were ready this year, we showed a team and this is due to the coach »said the Neocles After Slovenia.

“It’s worth a big thumbs up to my players. It is very difficult, especially at this age, to manage your emotions. After a cuff we ate yesterday, despite the distress that was there we raised our head. This is sport, as many times as you fall to get up quickly. This is what we did today, we presented an improved face, we were much more apt and we had 23 assists.

Although we got in a little bit trampled, we found a rhythm from our defense and won a good team that has been leading the way in recent years. Israel is a good team, it is traditionally tough and will be a very difficult game. The match with France will haunt me, the players will learn from it. You always set a goal, this you have to do always to be committed to the whole team. They will be a lesson and this will appear tougher and more ready next time. “the coach said in detail Kostas Papadopoulos.

For its part, Israel made an amazing appearance, crashing with score 80-69 Spain, At a time when the whole of Sharon Abrahami had reached +26 at the beginning of the fourth and final period. After all, Israel has left its mark on this year’s event, as it is very high in many statistical services!

Specifically, it is first in scoring, scoring 89.5 points on average per game, when our national team is second with 86.2! At the same time, it shoots with the second best percentage in the institution (45.3%), while Greece with the third (45.1%). In rebounds, the “blue -white” is first on the list of 49.7 and Israel second with 46.5 per game, a series we also find in assists, with Greece having 23.7 and our current opponents 21.8 AD.

Finally, according to the Efficiency (Efficiency Rating) of Eurobasket, Israel is the top team with 108 points, with Greece to follow on foot with 105.7.