The battle of the titans with a taste of the final and spicy… salt and pepper is today’s match in Belgrade between our team and Serbia.

For the “white-and-blues”, the nature of the final enters with a positive sign: with the victory in the premiere of the second stage, their record will reach 4-1 and, in fact, “fix” qualification for the World Championship, which will be held next year in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines . If he loses, he won’t lose, he’ll still be the favorite as long as he makes the obvious and uses his spot. For Serbia, the nature of the final is depicted on the other side of the same coin: if they lose, their record will drop to 1-4, and the drive to reach the final stage of the competition will look like Golgotha. Of course, he has a huge quality and he can get the wins he needs in the next matches against Turkey and Great Britain, but now you can’t play with fire, especially when the next matches will be played by the “window” squad.

Serbia welcomes Greece for the “collision” of two supernovas: Jokic and Antetokoumbo.

The criticality of the match is the only serious reason why tickets for today’s (21.00) game were sold out ahead of schedule. The other is that in addition to meeting great players on both sides of the court, everyone is looking forward to the personal duel of two supernovas from the magical world of the best basketball league: Nikola Jokic, NBA MVP of 2021 and 2022, will take on Giannis Antetokounmpo, owner of one and the same the same title in the previous two years, in 2019 and 2020, in his “house”. What is the difference between them? That a Greek freak is going to Belgrade in the ring of an NBA champion!

Although our national team went to Serbia without Papaianni and Papapetru, there is such quality and depth in its composition that it made the coach of the “float” Svetislav Pesic make statements that some may consider exaggerated, but not himself: We play with the best generation of Greece Never before in its history has there been such representation. We remember some previous generations, for example Galis, but this is the best team that has ever been in Greece. They are the most serious contenders for EuroBasket gold. They have athleticism, speed, great experience. But we are not bad either, we are good. In a full stadium, in Belgrade or anywhere else, we are the favourites.”