Vassilis Spanoulis Against Olympiacos at Abu Dhabi’s Final Four! OR Monaco He defeated Barcelona 85-84 in the exciting Game 5 of the Euroleague playoffs and 3-2 qualified for the May 23 semi-finals in a “repetition” of the 2023 semifinal.
In his first season as a coach of Monaco, Vassilis Spanoulis managed to reach the Euroleague Final Four and his players honored him with the … traditional “bungelo”, just after the end of Game 5!
As he began his speech in the locker room, the Monaco coach became soaked by the waters of his players. For a while Spanoulis put aside the role of the coach and became one with his players, jumping with them with joy.
Immediately after the Bougelo, their Greek coach congratulated them-as well as the whole organization of Monaco-for qualifying for the Final-4 after the series with Barcelona.
However, he did his … complaints, as his shoes and suit were completely wet, commenting: “Well … guys, you destroyed my Dior shoes.”
That’s how you celebrate!!!#I was #EveyGameMatters pic.twitter.com/04bUwtJR2Z
— AS Monaco Basket (@ASMonaco_Basket) May 6, 2025
SPANOULIS & MONACO ARE GOING TO ABU DHABI! #F4GLORY pic.twitter.com/3sozpEKonB
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) May 6, 2025
Recall that this Final Four is the second – and even continuous – of Vasilis Spanoulis, in his small coaching career so far, after last year with Peristeri, but in the Basketball Champions League.
A few hours later, the well -known agent – and a spokesman for Vassilis Spanoulis – Misko Raznatovic, dropped the “Kill Bill” for the qualification of Monaco at the Euroleague Final Four, making a brief look at the Monegasque technician as a player and as a coach.
Misko Raznatovic posted a joint photo with the Larissa coach and commented that he was happy to be wrong when he thought Spanoulis would not deal with training when he stopped basketball.
Raznatovic wrote in his post:
“There is no doubt that Vasilis Spanoulis’ appearances and successes at the Euroleague Final Four are the most impressive moments of my European course. Three titles and three MVP awards have brought the greatest possible excitement and joy.
In 2021, when his career as a player was completed and there was no thought of a coaching career, it seemed that these emotions were over. Fortunately, I was wrong, because yesterday’s victory – which I saw closely – by Santa Claus in his first season as a coach at Euroleague, secured a new Final Four for him and his team, Monaco! “