The last ones have been crazy hours for our coaching staff: we had options to end up in three different positions in the ranking, having up to three different opponents and therefore we have been able to prepare next game finally knowing which was the team we were going to face only at around 00:30, 1am, when we arrived in Istanbul and could start studying Greece.
A very strong team, as always competitive, talented, complete in all positions, which compared to last year’s semifinals has got...
With less than 36 hours to the beginning of the World Championship and just one training left (probably the last, or second before the last, instance of the whole event with physical contact between players), we will refine some tactical aspects and gear up for the game against France while testing for the first time the official court, which has been denied to the teams so far, something we are all eager to see.
Today we will train at 8pm and will debut vs. France tomorrow at 9pm...
I had shared with Jose his period of anxiety related to his situation in Toronto, which certainly had somehow conditioned him and his performance on the court but I was convinced, I am convinced, that once resolved the issues, although maybe not as desired, this would allow him to go back to being focused and confident on the court, supported without doubt by his talent and his excellent knowledge of the game.
What makes me angry is that he got injured while there was already his substitute...
I have been very negatively impressed by the episode of the brawl involving Greek and Serbian players, in the last friendly game between the two national teams.
Above all I think that what Krstic did has absolutely exceeded any limits of competitive aggressiveness (and, among other things, bearing in mind it was a friendly game). I don’t know if action will be taken against the player, but I think that such an attitude is extremely dangerous for the image of our sport and that behaving in...
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