THE Vassilis Spanoulis was excited after conquering the bronze medal from National Greece At Eurobasket.
Vassilis Spanoulis led National Greece basketball to a historic return to the podium and thanked all the Greeks who supported the team among others.
At the same time, he referred to the comments made after Turkey’s crash in the semifinals, describing as “puppies” what was said that Turkey stopped Greece.
Vasilis Spanoulis’ statements
“I dedicate this medal all over Greece. Greece is for you, those in Greece, the foreign. They deserve such a joy. I am very proud to be Greek and represent the nation.
We did a team job, we had our bad game in the semifinals. Everything else is puppies, that Turkey has stopped us. Ataman is an excellent coach, Turkey an excellent team. We have wronged ourselves. We didn’t have the energy and passion we needed. We collected our pieces, we were ready for 38 minutes. We made all the mistakes in two minutes. The kids deserve it, they are the protagonists.
To leave for 16 years, a great success must come to leave. In the coming years there will be more calm. There were many 16 years. And with 14 points we were in front of everyone we were all thinking of finishing the game. We made some mistakes, the kids made amazing effort. They deserve congratulations, I’m proud of them. “
Whether he is ready to coach Greece for years: “We’ll see. I am Greek, whether I am or I am not in the national I will be the biggest fan. I told Nikos and the president when he called me that I would build the second year and the second we will get the medal. God has helped us, I want to thank the children for playing basketball. They made a great effort. Not only the children here, but also those who were in preparation, Kantzouris, doctors, physiotherapists, the president, the GM. All. We were a team and they deserve congratulations. “
“We made a stunning look for 37.5 minutes, we had a clear mind, we were amazing in defense, just in the last 2 minutes we went to overthrow everything. On behalf of the team thank all the Greeks who spent money to be next to the team. We thank them from the depths of the heart and those who are in the hostel and those who saw from Greece. “