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Mercury retrograde and the leap year of Itudis

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Mercury retrograde and the leap year of Itudis

Dimitris Itoudis has left Fenerbahce and Vassilis Skoundis comments on the inevitability of the coach’s fate…

Spyros Foskolos, good time, once said: “Once a coach is hired, his firing is already in progress“, a German further summed it up by saying:”The carriage statues are not made of marble but of paper to make them easier to burn,” and England manager Howard Wilkinson got to the heart of the matter in a cynical but clever conversation…

There are two categories of coaches: those who have just been fired and those who will be fired in the future“!

This saying, made famous by Dusko Vujošević when he was summarily sacked by CSKA Moscow in the middle of the 2010/11 season, can now be adopted by Dimitris Itoudis, who just a few hours ago realized the inevitability of his fate. .

Spanoulis, Saras and the “special ones”

And was that all?

The fraudster lost both jobs within three months, first the one with the national team and then the one at Fenerbahce, and it remains to be seen whether a second player who faltered at Panathinaikos will take his place…

His successor was Vassilis Spanoulis in the national team and Sarunas Jasikevicsos’ candidacy plays a big role at Fenerbahce!

Of course such things happen: they happen even to the best families, after all, no coach has ever signed a contract with a bank for life…

Nobody except the “special ones” like Gregg Popovic and Zeljko Obradovic, who throughout their coaching careers go and go wherever they want, when they want, how they want and if and for as long as they want!

To tell my sin and without pretending to be the prophet after Christ,… I have been afraid of Itudis lately and here my intuition was confirmed…

1-6 and the defeat against Efes

The 2017 European champions may be the only team to have sent off Real (under Facundo Campazo’s unwitting patronage), but six defeats in recent EuroLeague games have clearly not been easy for Ali Kocs to bear.

This persistent bad moon and the fall into the void are the cause of the divorce, as the 81:80 defeat against the decimated Efes in the Clasico of the Turkish league apparently played a role here.

However, it must be said that, as has happened so often and repeatedly in our country, a manager must pay dearly for the hardship of defeat in a historic derby.

The marble of derbies of all time

The coaches at Olympiakos and Panathinaikos are aware of this and have experienced it first hand. In fact, Giorgos Bartzokas and Dusko Ivanovic took part in such a relay in the 2014/15 season, while Argyris Pedoulakis and Dimitris Priftis.

Unlike his eight-year tenure at CSKA Moscow, which he left due to the Russian teams’ exclusion from the EuroLeague, the head coach from Berea did not stay on the Fenerbahce bench for long.

He stayed there for a season and two and a half months without winning a title, while his team, despite home advantage, lost to Efes in the semi-finals of the Turkish league, in which Ergin Ataman performed his “swan song”. .

The Greek Orphan and the Curse of Zelicus

A month earlier, Fenerbahce had fought heroically against Olympiakos in the Euroleague playoff series, while earlier this season there was a lot of talk about Nick Calathes and, in particular, Tyler Dorsey.

Now the two of them, as well as (Fenerbahce’s third Greek international) Giorgos Papagiannis, are orphans, but will obviously find a new hug to lean on!

Looking back over the past few seasons, I realize that the legacy Obradovic leaves behind to the teams he leaves is becoming a curse!!!

After his voluntary departure from Panathinaikos, where he remained for 13 consecutive seasons, the green bench became the center of passers-by, while his seven-year spell at Fenerbahce was followed by three changes: Igor Kokoskov (2020-21), Saša Djordjevic (2021-2021) . 22) Dimitris Itoudis and the one who will now take over the technical leadership with the aim of turning things around…

Fenerbahce will easily find their next coach…

The unemployment benefits and the “Two Cups”!

But I imagine that Itoudis will not remain idle and will not expect to live on the OAED’s unemployment benefit or earn the dowry of his only daughter!

I laugh now when I write this, but in such cases I always remember the saying of Zeliko Pavlisevic, who, as coach of Panathinaikos, raised two fingers of his hand when he heard the questions surrounding him threatening him to say four words. . .

Two cups, my friend“!

The Croatian coach was referring to the two championship trophies he won as head coach with Cibona Zagreb (1986) and Jugoplastica Split (1991).

And Itoudis can keep his two trophies with CSKA (2016, 2019), apart from the five with Panathinaikos, alongside Obradovic and save them for the rest of his career…

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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!

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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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