ABOUT THE SCENARIOS AND DIFFERENCES: “I don’t care about any difference, the first thing that interests me is to play what we can and then win the match and then we will see everything else. I believe that the worst thing a player can do when he enters the field is to be focused for 40 minutes, every possession, to trust and execute as best as we can the plan we have to take advantage as best as we can of the chances we have to win the match.
We all have a lot of confidence in our abilities, I said before that the first big leap for this team came when they won two consecutive knockout games, in Athens and came to the Olympic games and we have a golden opportunity, which the guys and this team for the last 15 years let’s do it tomorrow.
I have emphasized that teams are built, created and successes come, if it comes here, which is anyway a success that we are, welcome something better, if we go to the “8” and even more, that’s what we all want.
If he does not come, this group of players, and this core that the National team has must remain the same because we see that the National teams have the same core for many years and the teams are built, not created from one moment to the next . We don’t have to be a firefly, and there are no magic wands. Things have to be built for the success we want to come, may it come immediately, that’s why we’re here, that’s why we’ll give our best, our hearts.”
ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA: “Transition is a very important part of Australia’s game, they are the best team in the whole tournament. We have to play at a very high tempo, play with incredible energy and the transition depends on our offensive rebounding and our good attacks. We say we didn’t have a good transition against Spain, but that came from bad attacks and caught us off balance and we were beaten by the Spanish.
Well, it’s not just the defensive transition, we have to make good attacks, rational ones, have a good offensive rebound and that’s where the defensive transition starts.”
FOR THE IMPORTANT WIN REQUIRED TO QUALIFY: “All the things to change that haven’t been done in 15 years, you have to overcome, get big wins. Do we want to go somewhere without a big win? Sorry, but it’s not possible. They can’t tell us here, go to “8”. If you can’t do it, you can’t hope to overcome it, it makes sense. We have to do it, the kids are ready, they really want it, we all have to be together in good times and bad, it’s the Greek national team and we have to support the team at all times”.
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