Basketball
Papagiannis: “I took Calvary to be here, little by little I will find my rhythm”
Giorgos Papagiannis did not hide his delight at the playing time he has had against Italy following his injury and stressed that what matters is that the national team wins. On the same wavelength and Ioannis Papapetrou.
The national basketball team went to Croatia in the EuroBasket with a 2/2 after defeating hosts Italy. Certainly one of the positive aspects of the game was the return of Giorgos Papagiannis.
The 25-year-old center is playing for the first time from injury and adds another weapon to Dimitris Itoudis’ quiver.
First, Giorgos Papagiannis told ERT: “We played very well. I’m glad to be back. I drew a great calvary to be here. We played very well for the game. Italy are a quality team, they came back in the second half. He hit some hard shots but we hit them too and got an important win for the future.”
For the end of the game when Italy countered: “We made some mistakes that we shouldn’t have made. Italy played well. They have good players who made crucial shots.”
He is perfectly ready for when he will be: “I was away for two months. I didn’t have enough time in Athens, but little by little I’ll find my rhythm.”while discussing whether he will be ready for the quarterfinals, he added: “I think I will.”
Papapetrou: “It’s the win that counts”
For his part, Ioannis Papapetrou said: “We’re fighting, we’re still not playing perfect basketball. This team is struggling. Those who come in are doing their best. We’re fighting, fighting and we’re happy to win.”
As for the fact that the match ended up being decided again: “The most important thing is that we win games. That’s the most important thing now. We want to play the win more than perfectly or win by 20-30 points. And that one point counts.”
On the fact that the national team didn’t commit a foul in the end: “We wanted to do. There was no chance. We hesitated a bit and then we were afraid that it might be unsportsmanlike or off the mark. Both shots missed.”
Watch Saturday’s game night for the national team’s magnificent win over Italy. Pantelis Vlachopoulos, together with Themis Kaisari and Charlie, commented on their great match, while Sportish envoys Pantelis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Kavalieratos, Haris Stavrou and Alexandros Trigas conveyed all the developments from Milan.
Source: sport 24
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