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THE ROAD TO THE FINAL!

Say that I am not proud for the National team of my country? Big lie. Say that I'm jealous of my friends and colleagues who are in Japan while I'm in front on my TV screen hearing the radio descriptions of the games?

Still bigger but this is another story which is not to be told at this moment.

So, first of all i want to thank me country, Greece.

I thank that you prompted front many years ago to deal with the sport that suits as long as no other in the temperament of your population.

Because basketball suits in the Greeks and the Greeks know how they play the game.

Is there any bigger proof than that small country of hardly 10 millions of residents has accomplished to gain last twenty years two golden medals in Eurobasket, it still has tens of top-4 seeded places and much more medals in level of Young, Juniors and Cadets? Naturally no...

The team of my country is now one from the four best teams of the planet after it maintained the...

customer relation (and I apologize to my lot French friends for the characterization but is completely truth) with France and extending her winning strake in 7 victories.

And on Friday will be called to face the USA team aiming at the qualification to the final.

The question naturally is if Greece can overcome the also invincible team of USA.

At my humble opinion, it can! I do not know what kind of... dream I have seen, but something to me says that we will overcome... easily.

Well, take a break and stop hitting my words.

Wait for the semifinal game and afterwards you shoot the piano man if something goes wrong for Greece.

The Greek team is a TEAM with players that know one each other, with automatisms specifically in the defense, team that never abandon a game and which mainly has learned not allow to the opponent to impose his rhythm.

If Greece keeps the Americans under the 75 points in offence then will overcome!

And i notice that having complete knowledge of what I write.

Is just one game like all the others with an opponent which of course has more qualitative players no however so much tied up as team as Greece.

I count on the clean brain of Greeks, on Thodoris Papaloukas who is player of big games, i count on Schortsianitis who has proved that does not fear the names of his opponents and i count on Spanoulis who will try to give a sample of his faculties against his future opponents in the NBA.

I opposite bet on the vexation and on the lack of sang-froid against the hard Greek defense from the team of USA and in the Greek soul that has proved that even mountains can be moved. Come on Greece...