The friendly basketball match between the national team of our country and Spain at the Olympic Stadium proved that the Greek sports fan “craves” to see a beautiful spectacle on the playgrounds. And this can be offered by high-level athletes.

In mid-August, when Athens was empty, there were sixteen thousand people in the stands. Okay, the “official sweetheart” has always had and always will have “faithful lovers”, but this time among them was Giannis Antetokounmpo.

This global basketball star, with her brilliance, can, in addition to being a huge help in the competition, also change the mindset of the players.

Well, it’s unlikely that team sports in our country… produce John from time to time. That is why we need to work deep into the infrastructure, into the nursery, where the heart of Greek sports beats loudly.

Can the teams and the Greek federation, with organization, patience and proper resource management, in a reasonable amount of time, identify the existing talent? But it requires planning, faith and effort from all involved.

And when the world sees this effort, and not the “cockfight” of presidents for control of the decision-making centers, and believes that something will change, it will begin to return to the stands.

It’s reasonable to think that something like this is a “midsummer night’s dream,” but sometimes a dream comes true.

As it turned out for Giannis Antetokounmpo. What he saw when he hit the orange ball on the Sepoli cement.