Zisis to Bwinspor FM: “A punch and capable of something big or the national – full with France”

A man who has been serving the national team for decades, now from the post of Janeral manager, the Nikos Zisisexpressed the belief through BWINSPOR FM 94.6 How is it capable of achieving something important in Eurobasket.

The former big ace stressed that there is unity and determination In the ranks of the Greek team, which will be lined up in Complete composition in tomorrow’s rehearsal rehearsal against France At OAKA (20:00).

At the same time talked about Giannis Antetokounbosthe degree of preparedness of the group, the injury of Alexandrou and the gradual renewal attempted in the National.

In detail, Nikos Zisis spoke to Manolis Mousourakis about:

Listen to the entire interview with the official Bwinpor FM 94.6 channel on YouTube.

-Preparation for Eurobasket: “We do a relaxation today, because we have three races in five days. Essentially videos and a relaxed workout in view of tomorrow’s race. The team is very experienced, all the children and the stroke realizes that it is a process that has begun for 3-4 weeks. Eurobasket is a little different from the Olympics, it is a mini marathon, many matches to get to the end. It is important to manage the players so that everyone is in the best possible state when the tournament begins. To get above all healthy, we had some injury problems, but they have been solved. We have a very strong friendly on Sunday with France, to finish healthy and go ready in Cyprus. ”

-Samondurov’s injury: “Fortunately it’s fine, he had a little injury and he will normally be with the team.”

-Whether the team will improve during Eurobasket: “All teams have five matches in seven days. Everyone does their calculations, but many can happen. We have to look at ourselves and how we will become better day by day. Certainly the results build your confidence. The point is how we will be in the knockout.

-Group traps and the importance of knockouts: “The group hides traps, we saw Italy’s potential, Spain has played very well in friendly and there are dangerous teams such as Bosnia despite the loss of Musa, Georgia and Cyprus that will be proudly playing. Every match is crucial and important. All the teams that have aspirations, however, regardless of the group, think about how they will be in the best knockout form. ”

-The degree of readiness of the National: “We see a racing improvement of the team. It also has to do with the physical state of our athletes. The children had time to rest this year as opposed to last year. At the beginning of the preparation played a role to have heavier legs, but in the last week the team shows that it is going up, we shoot better in the last two games, so we are optimistic. We look every day how we will improve. We are on the right track and optimistic for the best possible. ”

-The France friendly: “We are very good at a very good degree of preparedness. We played a lot of good friendly games, with strong opponents, and tomorrow closing our preparation we want to play well, at our home, in our audience. We hope we will play well. The team will be complete tomorrow, the coach always has in mind how athletes will be in the best of the best when the officials come. So we saw in the first and second match of the OAKA there are some absences. France may have absences, but it is a very talented team that always creates problems with its quality and talent. They have a rich roster with quality and athletics in all positions. ”

-The battle for the last seats of the dozen: “I think tomorrow the coach will clarify which athletes will be left out. Those who were here gave their best. I am four years in the group, all the kids give their best. This year we saw many young kids, we had 7-8 kids under 22 and that means a lot because in November we start the World Cup qualifiers. There is in our minds the renewal of the team, we have great athletes who wish they could play forever, but the national team is continuing. The National Youth for details did not reach the medals at the U20 Eurobasket. We saw children who came from these groups, such as Zugris, who was in the U20 last year, Avdalas, Samondourov and Liotopoulos, who were this year. This is very positive and it is the most important thing that can do a development program. ”

-The National goal in Eurobasket: “We have gone to Eurobasket many times, having played in six such events. We always went with big dreams. I think the team has the potential to achieve something big, but we have to show it on the parquet day by day. The team has built an identity and a mentality from last year, I think we will be ready to claim our chances of something important. ”

-John Antetokounbos: “John is one of the best if not the best player in the world. It brings to the team talent, quality and personality, but it uploads the whole. It is important to have the necessary spacing to get from John but also from the other children what they can give. We have Sloukas, Mitoglou, Papanikolaou … We don’t have to say all the kids. Everyone knows who they are. They are worth doing something great for themselves and for our country. ”

-The climate within the group: “The best answer is what people who come to the court see or watch it on television. The team is united, often called things that do not reflect reality. The team is a fist trying to do the best for Greece. Children will be united and fight for the best, this is all we can ask for. Serbia is the biggest favorite we have seen in Eurobasket in recent years, there are teams such as Germany, France, Latvia, Turkey, Spain … within these groups that have the potential to reach high. “