Euro League
Papapetrou joined Partizan, Obradovic welcomed him: “High expectations”
Ioannis Papapetrou, after finishing his national team duties and taking a few days off, attended Partizan’s training sessions while making his first statements as a player for Zeliko Obradovic.
Ioannis Papapetrou had his first training session as a Partizan player after finishing his national team duties at EuroBasket 2022. The former Panathinaikos player made statements to the team’s camera, stressing that he is looking forward to the fresh start and that the team should first be tied before setting any goals.
At the same time, he also mentioned the progress of the national team in EuroBasket, which ended ingloriously after Germany were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
“I’m happy to be here with the other guys and I’m excited. Expectations are high. We have to give 100 per cent in every game. We can’t talk about goals if we don’t get them first.” know and stick together as a team. I think we have to go step by step and we will give 100%. I’ve met quite a few people and I can’t wait to get started.”
For the national team: “It was unfortunate. We lost a game and we were out. We had a good team and things like that happen in national teams, but now we have to move on.”
Source: sport 24
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