Gikic: “Great team Greece would be a favorite even if we were full”

THE Alexander Jikic He acknowledged that he “burned” Georgia’s game with Greece, so as not to suffer players who had minor injuries. As the Serbian technician pointed out, his team would probably lose even if he was full and did not want to lose players for the most critical matches they follow for the Eurobasket.

“After the match with Italy we had two options. Let’s go to 100% in today’s match or try to stay healthy for the last two games. We chose the second, it was my decision. We know what our goal is. Was it ugly? Yes, of course, I don’t like it, nor to the players, it’s the opposite of what we are. But today it wouldn’t be the smartest to fight at 100%. If we did, we would probably have 2-3 injured players. I don’t want to talk about Sengelia’s situation. Anyway he will play in the next two matches“, The Serbian technician stressed and added:

“Greece is a great team. They play very well, but my priority was to keep my players healthy for the next two games. Of course it is not easy to deal with Greece. If we were playing 100%, would anyone guarantee us that we would win? It would be a favorite even if we were complete and we were playing 100%. This was our perspective. We do not have the same depth as Greece. As I said from day one, you have to choose his battles. Maybe some people disagree, but everyone has the right to opinion. “.

Georgia’s guard, Dunda Sanja, in turn emphasized: “It wasn’t an easy game, but we expected it. We had some minor injuries and the team decided to take advantage of the time to be ready for the two ‘finals’ we have afterwards. I think we are in a good position, we have two big matches ahead of us and we will be ready for them. We have the first ‘final’ against Cyprus. It doesn’t matter if we’re a favorite, we’re going to give it all and then we have one more ‘final’“