Head”EuroBasket» closed to her Nationalwho returned to Athens yesterday after being banned from entering Germany.

What went wrong on Tuesday evening in Berlin for the Greek team? Germany, of course, had a great night, but Greece also “helped” with this. OUR P. Yannakis declared “K” last Sunday, before the match against the Czech Republic, that the national team showed “a lot of ups and downs in defense” and that “it is important to control the rhythm, the rhythm gives us comfort, but we must be ready to play without the rhythm.” The Germans immediately hit. They opened up the pace and the national team was exposed because it lacked individual talent. Although he scored 61 points in the first half, it already seemed that he would not be able to continue at such a pace.

Coach Itoudis started with no changes on the screens and Germany found that the pitch they wanted was free. Schroeder … went berserk at the finish line and in the hand (26 points, 8 total assists for a total of 46 points for his team), as did Obst, who scored 5/7 tr., coming into … the clearing next to the screen.

The national team belatedly went for replacements in all screens, but the Germans have already gained the confidence they need. Wagner also entered into a three-point dance and hit 5/7 tr into opponents Papagianni and Giannis, who were hesitant on defense away from the racket. Greece, of course, remained close to the score, thanks largely to Larentsakis. The Olympiacos defender found the shot and became a No. 2 threat, opening up passes for Giannis while he wore down (and annoyed) Wagner defensively, but he was also one of the few who shattered opposition screens with dynamic passing. However, Germany had more attacking ability than the predictable and misguided Greece. In the second half, the ferocious Tais, along with assists, blocked all the passes to Giannis. The Greek team “broke” their brains, and the Germans took the lead 20:1 in the third period, where almost everything was decided. The ace of the Bucks tried to attack the entire German five head-on, while any shots that we made outside the “arc” found iron (it is significant that the Greek player had 8 passes that translated into assists in the first half and none in b ‘).

D. Itoudis played his last card on the court with three defenders, but yesterday against Germany he was unlucky in defense and paid dearly for it, especially in heads-ups where our opponents were unstoppable.

However, the flight ended in nothing. Ahead of the national team is the 2023 World Cup, the 2024 Olympics and an excellent double chance to return to the elite.

Polish saga, except Slovenia

Poland delivered the biggest EuroBasket surprise by knocking out the third favorite (after Serbia and Greece) for the EuroBasket medal, European champion Slovenia, and qualified for the semi-finals. Led by… an overstretched Ponitka (26 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, and he took Doncic’s 5th foul (14 points), 3 minutes before the final), the Poles won 90-87 in a real thriller. Although they were leading by 23 points, they lost the advantage at the beginning of the 4th period, but they had reserves to sign an unprecedented “rhapsody”. A few hours earlier, Fontecchio’s two missed shots, 19.5” before the end of Italy’s normal game against France and with the score 77-75 in favor of the Italian team, gave the “tricolor” the opportunity to take the match to overtime and ended up winning 93-85. Tomorrow semi-finals 18.15 France – Poland, 21.30 Germany – Spain.