Euro League
The priest, the culprit and the…elephant
Panathinaikos failed to stop Maccabi’s Israeli flame and Vassilis Skountis is caught by his coach’s public and private attacks…
Dimitris Priftis is a very responsible professional trainer and the same goes for his personal and family life…
Besides being responsible, he also becomes cynical for hours, as recently when, in a philological conversation with his friend and “teacher”, Vangelis Aggelou, he told him that the word “coach” is a polite and elegant expression of the true Quality is his synagogue…
A figure in the euphemism, so to speak!
Priftis claims that the trainer is the… culprit and I dare say he is not wrong as stated in the front of Otto Rehhagel’s book: “The statues of the carriages are made of paper to make them easier to burn»!!!
In this context, then, within 72 hours, the Priftis, who is not responsible, caused himself to blame himself twice, or at least to question himself publicly and he was wrong!
Sometimes he said it a lot, sometimes he let it be understood, but in the end in both cases he showed a self-critical mood and not in the dressing rooms or in his private conversations, but on the podium of the press conferences …
The “little mistake” with the closed rotation
On Saturday night after the game against PAOK, when asked to explain the closed rotation, the Panathinaikos coach said the following:
“I put it in quotes, it might have been a little wrong. I could have put a few kids in a little more. Just when the game goes to 10-12 points and you don’t manage the next two possessions well, the difference can drop to six and then it gets worse.
There I had to judge whether or not I would make a decision to refresh the team a bit by seeding some children. I made it through the first half but not the second. So let’s just say it could have been a little bit different“.
“Am I explaining it to you well? Study Ball from the Lord!
I read his statements and because he was very detailed and thoughtful, this famous attack by the late Nikos Alefantos on then NOVA reporter George Lykouropoulos came to mind.
«Didn’t you see how nicely I explain it to you? Can I explain this well? Now learn ball from the Lord»!
Priftis explained it nicely, he just wasn’t claiming the role of authority and the title of lord for himself, after all it was actually like looking in his mirror and saying “blame me”!
Last night (29/3), after the game with Maccabi, the Panathinaikos coach was again overcome with regret…
He was asked about Lefteris Mantzoukas sending off with five fouls (three of which he conceded midway through the third period) and looked in the mirror again…
Mandzouka’s accumulated fouls
«Maybe I should have taken him out on the third foul because the fourth came very quickly. But I thought I should let him play because he played very well. The difference wasn’t huge and the score didn’t help me protect it».
Ever since Panathinaikos defeated PAOK, the closed rotation in the match against PAOK has been a topic of conversation, nothing less, nothing more…
Yesterday’s venture with Mantzouka also ends on the same note at the end of the day: I mean, I’m not at all sure that the Gianniotis striker, even on his career night, had he not been eliminated, would have avoided defeat by Maccabi.
The ball on the pedestal and the culprit!
In any case, the Priest of Speeches spoke honestly and sincerely (as he said outside of Onassis when giving the medical notice of Andreas Papandreou’s state of health, Professor Grigoris Skalkeas), took responsibility for the staff and did not throw an eagle or the ball on the podium.
That’s the trainer, that’s also the… culprit!
You said!
No matter what would have happened (would not have happened) if Mantzoukas had remained more active in the game, the Greens conceded their 18th loss in 25 games (after the cancellation of those with the Russian teams) and look forward to three more games (Real, Alba , Fenerbahce) to get rid of this burden!
The agony of the Euroleague
Yes, although Panathinaikos fermented in Europe and created its modern legend in which it even established its dynasty (1996) before establishing its dominance in Greece (1998), at this point the Euroleague looks like a duty and a martyrdom that want to end it for an hour earlier.
Of course, what our ancient ancestors said applies in such cases…
Not good purely good!
This was also the case in yesterday’s game against the Israelis, who, with a view to the playoffs, had a very high motivation to get the best possible placement…
From the whole good and … Lefteraina!
The bad was the loss, while the good, which somehow worked and acted as an alibi, was the appearance of Mantzoukas, who went nuts!
Obviously Priftis and the whole green organism feel uncomfortable looking for fleas in the straw, but Panagiotaina is perfectly fine too.
The pretty good and the…Leftera!
Yesterday Panathinaikos paid dearly for the arguments of his defensive laxity, especially in transitional situations when the Israelis send him hunting!
The Greens are different, the Clippers are different!
Aside from Mantzouka’s outburst, Priftis also saw his team show character as he reduced the deficit to five points from -15 (61-76), but damn the Greens aren’t the…Clippers, who signed again after a few hours and have made major upheavals in their field.
Papapetrou is back
When the Panathinaikos coach makes good saves he has to find reasons to laugh his lips off, there is a third: Ioannis Papapetrou (who has proved) is back for good and may not have the time and opportunity to change the course of his team’s history to change in the Euroleague, but at least he leaves a wine cellar full of promises in view of the playoffs for the Greek championship.
The Greens presented a great picture in the first 15 minutes, but were fooled by their poor returns in defense, as a result of which they accepted a 17:1 series and saw the 45:38 turn into a 46:55.
The fact that in the first half the game was played at a fast pace and the score was high certainly didn’t favor Panathinaikos who however didn’t give up playing just for their honor and pride.
boldness and innocence
A little more about mantzoukas…
The former Prometheus player, who turns 19 next July 8, is in the coming-of-age phase in which the opposing forces within him clash: on the one hand, he plays with the audacity and ignorance of danger of a young rookie and aspiring man and on the other hand, it shows the… teething troubles caused by inexperience and in some cases (see foul) innocence…
Source: sport 24
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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 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“.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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