THE Janmaro Pojceco talked about the effect of cIannis and Thanassis Antetokounbos after Italy’s defeat by Greece.
“Congratulations to the coach Spanoulis and the Greek team. My players were concentrated, they did what we wanted to do on the court and let’s have fun with Sniper yesterday. Unfortunately we didn’t shoot very well, but we were competitive. Fondecio was not on his day aggressively, but he fought in the defense and gave everything. He continued to help his teammates. It can happen to anyone who has a day that does not score as usual. I am not worried about him, I believe in Simone, as is his teammates. We fought to the end against one of the best Eurobasket teams and we keep this character. We have to be positive“, The Italian coach stressed.
Speaking about Thanassis Antetokounbos said: ‘When I was a coach in Varese I wanted to get him and I called him. I really like his energy. Put a very important three -point today. I’m glad for him because he’s a great kid. We played some custom defenses. And Mitoglou was very good, I respect him very much, I had him in Milan. When John is in the parquet it is very difficult to deal with the Greek team”
For the pattern of Georgia, he said: ‘Many countries have been developed in basketball. When I was playing it was different, just 5-6 teams were very competitive. The dissolution of Yugoslavia and Russia changed the data. I was not surprised at Georgia’s victory over Spain. Basketball changes. We are in the most difficult group in Eurobasket. Bosnia is competitive and Cyprus is not bad”
In terms of players, the Galinari noted: ‘We always want to bring the same energy for 40 minutes. Today we had more energy in the first than in the second half and this is something we have to fix for the sequel. Tomorrow we will start preparing for agriculture, we know its players and what they can do. We need to put energy and intensity for 40 minutes. If we do this we can win everyone. We will be ready on Saturday“
Source: Sport Fm
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