After the friendly defeat by France in the last preparation race this summer, Vassilis Spanoulis made known her final 12 Greece for the Eurobasket.
The last one left was Vangelis Zougris, with the Greek technician explaining the reasons behind this decision, stressing that in such a tournament it is a great risk to go with a few guard.
At the same time, “Kill Bill” referred to the positives of “test” with France In view of the commencement of official obligations.
In detail what he said:
“It was the 3rd game within 5 days. In the first part we were better than the second. I believe France will be the most sports team in the tournament. He took us out of rhythm. Certainly there is a limit on the minutes of several players and I had to manage it. France deserved the victory, it was better.
The conclusions we came from friendly are very good. I am very pleased with the preparation. I believe we will improve in the tournament. Having taken our lesson today, and having no restrictions. Today we got 14 rebounds throughout the match. A number that is not our level and you can’t play basketball like that. You can neither open your surprise, nor get psychology. It was the first time the team played all together. In general I am happy. We saw our weaknesses and it is important to see them before the official matches.
Vangelis Zugris will not be with us. He is a kid I had in Peristeri. He has made terrible progress steps. He is a child who will be here for many years and maybe at some point he is the leader of the national team. Sometimes you have to make some decisions … He’s a great kid. It continues to improve and all the future is his.
Generally a lot went through my mind, but good or bad we see that basketball – we saw it last year at the Olympics, we’ll see it at Eurobasket this year too – has a lot of pressure. All groups push stifling all over the court. You definitely need a guard. John can do this too, as a guard, but we can’t play with John as a play maker. Everybody is doing deny everywhere, everyone is playing everywhere and our game will become predictable. You can’t go to a tournament that is 20 days with a few guards. You have to have a guard anyway. “
Source: Sport Fm
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