THE Janmaro Pojceco finds almost impossible to limit the action of Giannis Antetokounbos by… legal means. Her coach Italy He responded with humor at the press conference for the Greek Freak tackle in the match against Greece on Thursday at the premiere Eurobasket.
“I have a very good friend Sniper. We will put it on the roof of the building. This is the plan for the first period. And then he will not be able to play later. Without fun, it is very difficult to limit it. He is a great player. But it’s not just John. The game is Greece-Italy“, He stressed and added:”In the friendly I saw him a few days ago he was ready to hug me again. I did that go to jump in his arms, but I stopped and said ‘I’m not in the same form as then’. We laughed, he’s a terrible kid”
Asked if he could lock Spanoulis or Yiannis in the locker room before tomorrow’s match replied: “I first encountered him in 1995 and said ‘who is this guy?’ It impressed me, he wasn’t so tall or athletic, but he had something. Everyone in Europe knows how much he focuses on basketball. We talked before the friendly and you feel how much you love basketball. His mentality is great for all players. Will be competitive as in all his career”
At the same time he referred to some problems facing his team. “Akile (Polanara) is not with us due to health problem and we miss a lot. We also miss Tunut, who was injured. Both are members of our family and what we have built in recent years is above basketball. I would like to thank Rosato, who had been with us from day one, and although he knew, especially in recent days that he would be cut from the dozen, he was a professional and helped us a lot. I am a little worried that in recent days we have had injury problems with Ritchie and Akle, who have not trained here in Cyprus. Also Thompson and Galinari were later incorporated. But we work hard and have confidence in my players and I think we’ll be ready tomorrow“, He underlined.
About the recent friendly of the two teams said: ‘We played with Greece a few days ago. They have one of the best coaches in Europe and have a lot of talent. We will try to do the best, every game is difficult, maybe a little more. But we will be ready. We lost to Greece without Giannis, Slouka and Antetokounbos. So I imagine what will happen to them (laughs). But I have confidence in my players”
Finally, for the level of competition in Eurobasket he said: ‘Basketball changes. Many teams are now very competitive. You could once calculate how to get to the end, because there were 5-6 really good teams. Now everyone can win everyone. It is impossible for all of us, maybe besides Serbia, Germany and France, to say that they go for a medal. There are 7-8 groups that can be very competitive. We want to allow our world to dream“
Source: Sport Fm
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