Winning with a convincing appearance is his dual goal National us at today’s (18.00) premiere in EuroBasket with a rival in Milan… quiet but very ambitious Croatian. On the advice of doctors Dimitris Itoudis decided to take a chance and include Kostas Antetokounmpo in the number 12, although it is not yet known when he will be able to start training. “Kostas is recovering faster than we thought, but we will have to wait for his progress day by day until he has his first training session. We hope he surprises us soon. We will be professionals and follow what the doctors say,” was the corresponding position of the federal coach, who had previously stated that the remaining three players (Papayannis, Papapetrou, Slukas), who were injured, would be in the 12th team. . Of the 14 players Kaselakis and Bohoridis remained, the remaining 12: Dorsi, Luntsis, Larentsakis, Agravanis, Kalatis, Sloukas, Papayannis, Papanikolaou, Papapetrou, Giannis, Kostas and Tanasis Antetokoumbo.

Croatia will appear armed, led by Hezonia and NBA players Bogdanovic, Saric, Zubac. “We are playing against a great team and a great coach.

The 12 players I chose have worked hard and I trust them. The players who came from the NBA have been working with us for 40 days, and this can make a difference,” said their coach Damir Mulaomerovic, and Bojan Bogdanovic does not hide the fact that the biggest headache for everyone is Giannis Antetokounmpo: “The only secret how to deal with one of the most dominant players in the NBA is team defense. All five of us will be against him to stop him…”.

They impressed Slovenia, Lithuania

Slovenia and Lithuania (Group 2) put on a basketball performance at yesterday’s premiere of EuroBasket. NBA star Luka Doncic’s team (14 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds) beat the team of Panathinaikos player Marius Grigonis (18 points) 92-85 in a showdown – sports advertisement. Previously, Turkey (Larkin 18 points) played Montenegro with fire, but even they barely secured a 72-68 victory in Group 1. The opening match turned into a one-man show, with Spain playing Bulgaria 114-87 in the 1st group (Vezenkof 26 points, 11 points). Bosnia (2nd) defeated Hungary 95-85 and Belgium (1st) defeated Georgia 79-76 in overtime.