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Greece vs Argentina
The time for the Greek national basketball team has finally come. Four years after its defeat by the team that later won the Gold medal at the Athens Olympic, Argentina, Greece is to play against the South Americans at the preliminary of another Olympic tournament. Panagiotis Yannakis' squad seems to be ready and qualified to win the game.
At the Athens Olympics, Panagiotis Yannakis and his boys could have avoided Argentina, but no one in the team was in favour of choosing opponents.
At the Beijing Olympics, it was not a matter of choice. Argentina landed second place in Group A and Greece third in Group B, after suffering two losses.
On 20 August, the Greek team has a unique opportunity to avenge the 69-64 defeat it suffered in Athens from the Argentineans.
After the training session, calm, serious and moderate, Panagiotis Yannakis appeared optimistic about the game's outcome, saying:
"I believe we are in a good condition. We have clean mind and I think we are ready to play against a team that has achieved a lot over the last years," commented the coach of the Greek team.
When the journalists reminded that the Greek team has failed twice to make it to the semis of an Olympic tournament, Yannakis said: "True, but I think that our game and the way we act as a team deserves it and we will do our best. Our team deserves to make a step forward in the Olympics. The people see that we are a team playing qualitative basket. What is left is to make it to the semis and test ourselves against great opponents."
"I disagree that Argentina is not as strong as it was in the past. It is a very strong team that knows how to handle the games and this is probably its biggest advantage. Those who think that Argentina is not one of the world's best teams are wrong."
Commenting on the similarities between Greece and Argentina, Yannakis argued that both squads have team spirit.
Greek captain Thodoris Papaloukas, one of the players that had experienced the loss by Argentina back in 2004, argued, "This was four years ago. Some 80 games have taken place ever since. The point is what we are going to do tomorrow. The past is history."
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