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National basketball team Manolopoulos: “Positives for Kostas, we have no answer when he will play”
Dimitris Itoudis’ partner on the national team bench, Sotiris Manolopoulos, spoke before the game against Great Britain (September 5, 6 p.m., ERT1 and LIVE from Sportish) and referred above all to Costas Antetokounmpo, about whom there is still uncertainty.
After training for the Sotiris national team, his partner Dimitris Itoudis spoke about Costas Antetokounmpo’s status, the team’s progress and the game against Great Britain (September 5, 6 p.m., ERT1 and LIVE from Sportish). Manolopoulos.
The Greece coach explained that there is no clear answer as to when Kostas will arrive Antetokounmpo will play again but the samples are positive. At the same time, he also addressed the points that the national team needs to improve in order to get the desired image on the pitch.
“For us, the most important thing is to become a team on the field and injured people to improve. It’s not just Papagiannis and Kostas Antetokounmpo with injury problems. Slukas had it throughout preseason and he’s improving every day. Same .” papapetrou.
Papagiannis did well yesterday and is getting better every day. He wants his time because he hasn’t played since July. He will be ready when he needs to be. Now let’s look at Kostas. The samples are positive but we have no answer as to when he will play.”
For the possibility of servicing with Great Britain: “We have to look at that in every game. We have to have the players fresh and be 12 in every game. Giannis has to play. If we can afford to rest him, we will. If not, Giannis is always ready to to play.” to win”.
For the first game against Great Britain: “They are a good team and we have an image. Of all the teams, if you don’t give 100%, you are in danger and England are one of them. The most important thing is that we improve. We emphasize how we improve. From there we’ll see what we have to consider for our opponent. We’ll be ready.”
About the spaces: “We analyzed our mistakes. They are mistakes that happen because we haven’t achieved homogeneity, some players aren’t at 100% and that’s why the ‘belly’ happens. We’re testing the formations, Papagiannis will also come in little by little. The Point is supposed to be stable for 40 minutes but that will happen when homogeneity is achieved.We need to improve distance and speed.Those are the points we are working on.
How close the team is to the image they want to show: “In both games, we’re a team that’s fighting. The energy we muster is enormous. We haven’t played 40 minutes, but we’re working on it. The more ready we are in physical condition, the easier it will be for us to achieve that goal. “
Source: sport 24
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