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Priftis: “We won’t give up, we want to be competitive”

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Priftis: “We won’t give up, we want to be competitive”

Dimitris Priftis emphasized in his statements regarding the Panathinaikos game against Zalgiris (1/3, 21:00, NOVASPORTS PRIME, LIVE Sportish) that the Greens will not give up regardless of the goal position.

On Tuesday (March 1, 21:00, NOVASPORTS PRIME, LIVE Sportish) Panathinaikos will host Zalgiris in OAKA in a postponed game for the 18th game of the Euroleague. Dimitris Priftis stressed in the game’s press conference that regardless of goal position, the Greens will not give up while they want to show they are competitive.

The statements of the Priftis in detail:

The original statement: “We said that regardless of our goal position, we won’t give up. We want to be competitive both for their personal goals, but above all for the team. As much as the conditions allow, of course, because we’re going to go into this game with a lot of problems, maybe even more than the previous one. It’s an adventure game that’s been postponed twice already, let’s see how it goes.”

For absences: “Ioannis Papapetrou, Okaro White, Giorgos Papagiannis who will arrive just before the game as he will travel in the morning while Bohoridis is 99% doubtful. If it is him we will only be in the top nine or ten download.

Unfortunately we will not have Hugas either as this is a postponed game and he is not eligible to attend. Combined with White’s absence, this is an additional problem and, judging by his very positive performance in the previous game, another absence. Of course, Jovic’s absence is also important. We made that addition but unfortunately we lost him when he started to find his rhythm. “If Bohoridis doesn’t play, the relationship between the guards will shrink too much.”

For opportunities for new players: “We managed quite well, even though our squad was almost full. And sometimes we created chances, especially Mantzoukas. It’s very pleasant that Hugaz also played in the previous game, while Avdalas also needs time to participate, mainly in of the Greek championship It’s a “We have that will, plus the fact that our circumstances are going in that direction at the moment. It’s very important that the kids react because of course they’re training.”

For Ukraine: “I would say that what we said before is probably 10% to 20% of our concept right now. Obviously the thoughts of all of us are there. We hope for a positive development, which we expect. You see, there are implications for sport as well. I’m not sure if the Russian teams’ Euroleague games will just be postponed or played at neutral venues. I think that this approach is very optimistic and that it will not happen either. In any case, we have to wait and see what happens. “All of this is uncomfortable, and combined with the previous pandemic, I think our planet in general is going through a difficult time.”

Mantzoukas: “We will do our best against Zalgiris”

For playing with Zalgiris: “In every game we try the best, first of all for our world, but also for us and everyone who supports us. As in all games, tomorrow we will give everything for the best.”

For the time of his participation and his presence: “Sure, I do my best in training every day and try to take every opportunity that comes my way. Vassilis played extremely well against Red Star and above all proved himself a lot. Every game.” It will be dealt with separately. We’ll have a lot of failures again, but we’ll try.”

For match key:Zalgiris is a team with many experienced players. We’ll try to run, put some baskets in surprise and limit the five-on-five game as much as possible.

For the war in Ukraine: “It’s a terrible thing for the whole world, we’re all upset about what’s happening. In cases like this, basketball is completely secondary. Every player, every person has a choice to do what they want. It’s definitely something sad and I hope so.” Stop as soon as possible with as few casualties as possible”.

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Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

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Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.

“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!

Let the necessary recommendations be made…

One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…

Yusufa and Taco

The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…

There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!

Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!

The triple-double figure in Pylaia

He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!

At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!

To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!

Fasoulas and… Lumidis

In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.

To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!

Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.

He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.

Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.

Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green

Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.

On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.

He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.

From 0.8 to 8

Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…

The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.

Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!

What is the key quality a good blocker should have?

The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps

Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!

I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.

Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.

You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…

“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”

The spider web

Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.

From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!

Source: sport 24

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Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

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Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.

Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.

The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.

Matias Lesor’s message in detail:

Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.



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The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

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The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.

Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.

The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.

With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.

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