Deligiannis: “The All-Star Weekend will greatly stimulate the psyche of the people who have suffered”

The local team’s vice president and former basketball player, Christos Deligiannis, spoke to EEC Web Radio about the importance of the upcoming All-Star Weekend in the Karditsa municipality.

On the atmosphere in yesterday’s game (December 11th) against Olympiakos: “I think that with a team the size of Olympiacos the result goes up to 2 very quickly^The Fate. Our team, like Olympiakos, has some competitive problems, it was also incomplete, but that doesn’t matter.

What is being discussed today throughout the city and throughout Greece is the atmosphere, also shown on state television, in this new and modern stadium, which has suffered terrible disasters. Despite all the difficulties we faced, in 1.5 months we managed to transmit this image to the Panhellenes and show once again what the true meaning of these efforts is.

Promoting sports, promoting basketball and promoting the ideals that our efforts produce. There is strong growth across the county, we are seeing a number of local teams in the national divisions. Recently, both society and all these groups have been tortured».

During all this time they had double stress, the field and the team: “What has kept us going all these years is the serenity and unity that exists between us, but also the experience of knowing what the goal of this team is. The competition goal is to stay in the division. The destruction of the stadium shocked us a lot, we had great difficulties, we were severely affected financially because we were forced to incur expenses that were not foreseeable.

The worst part is that, despite being prepared to stay, the team managed to lose three games in detail against opponents who had bigger goals. This was the heaviest weight, which was also the most difficult in the competition. We lost three games that would have changed our level. If we managed to achieve a victory, psychology would immediately “brighten” even more.

I will not hide the fact that it was and still is a difficult situation as one of our key players, Mitchell Smith, also suffered a very serious injury and will be out this year and we are in a period of change. What has kept us together and cool is that we know who we are and what we want to do, what our goal is and that we will make sure the team is ready when needed».

For his behavior All-star Weekend in Karditsa: “First of all, it was a very nice idea from ESAKE and the board and we thank them very much, as well as all the teams that voted whether the All-Star would come to Karditsa. After the disaster there was a lot of concern; we didn’t know whether the stadium would be suitable for it.

It is not fully restored but can now provide the security to run a match. It is something that will bring positive results because it will stimulate the psyche of the whole world that has been suffering, and it will also stimulate the economy of the region».

For people’s reaction to it Events: “It’s definitely something that gets a big response. Yesterday we had the game against Olympiakos, everything came together and for two weeks we had to constantly give information about the All-Star. The world expects it and how and should support it. It is also very important that part of the proceeds goes to the flood victims.

Therefore, it is important that this two-day stadium is full. Because until yesterday we had … Golgotha ​​​​with Olympiakos, from today we will place ourselves and the team’s offices in ESAKE so that we can serve people with physical presence to buy tickets in our offices. The picture I have in mind is that it’s going pretty well and I think we’ll see a full field on both days».

For Yiannis Bourousis: “The process he went into to play and then assume the presidency of the team is a very big deal. In general, it is an organization that greatly increases the club and Karditsa’s brand name and honors him greatly for his work. Together we will try the best».