He Propietario del Panathinaikos, Dimitris Giannakopouloshe visited his team's training and He went to his players before the Greek League final Against its eternal rival, the Olympiacos of Pireo, who begins tonight.
The eccentric and controversial president of the Athenian team, which It has already been fined by the Euroleague on several occasions for its unsportsmanlike behaviorhe could not hide his frustration after having fallen into the semifinals of the Euroleiga Final Four against Fenerbahce And he harangued his pupils in the locker room with a speech Between war and apocalypticsummoning their own, almost forcing them, to crush Olympiacos by 3-0.
Dimitris Giannakopoulos, Presidente del Panathinaikos de Baloncesto.
He assured that anything else would be “unacceptable”. You are convinced that if you sweep them, these “They will be destroyed for the coming years” And he wanted to make his players clear that “This is more important than winning the Euroleague”.
Full speech of the owner of the Panathinaikos
This is the Discurso Completo de Giannakopoulos who had access Eurohoops citing sources from Panathinaikos himself:
Good afternoon everyone, I have bad news. We are no longer champions of the Euroleague. Have you noticed? Do they have it recorded in the head? Fenerbahçe won because he was hungry. They entered the court with the sword in hand, like us last year. They have no better template than us. You are the best template in Europe. But playing as a team, as we played in the previous Four. A player tried to compensate for the mistakes of the other, as a team, as a family. Why do we win last year? It was not only for the template, but because of the family atmosphere that surrounded us. Unfortunately, I'm sorry I saw nothing similar this year. Even in recent days, it was not so, as I heard.
Do you have any club complaint? Keep me sincerity, because it is time to say it. I interpret his silence as a “no.”
I would like to ask each one of you individually if you have any complaint of the club. They are paid in time, while for any other request, either from the directive or coach, the answer is always positive. Correp me if I'm wrong. I ask again. Do you have any club complaint? Keep me sincerity, because it is time to say it. I interpret his silence as a “no.”
However, I have a complaint. I know that basketball is a game. You can win or lose, throw the ball and the ball will go to the basket or not. What I saw on Friday (in the semifinal against Fenerbahçe) went to people who were not prepared to sacrifice for the team, to sacrifice themselves for the title. This is the only thing I can't accept. I can't accept everything. The defeats are part of the game. The defeats build winners.
What I saw Friday at the semifinal against Fenerbahçe went to people who were not prepared to sacrifice themselves by the team, to sacrifice themselves for the title. This is the only thing I can't accept
As I have done everything for you, and since you have no complaint, I would like to ask each and every one of you, personally, but to the team as a whole, to do the same for me. This summer, if we do not win the title (of the Greek League), some will be in Mykonos, others in strikes, Santorini or wherever. I will be at home because wherever I go, they will complain and insult me.
If you respect me, if you think I am close to you, if you are in this team for a couple of months or two years, anything other than 3-0 (in the final) will be unacceptable. They are the best team in Europe, with the best squad and the best coach. I do not talk about me, but about the biggest club in Europe.
We have the best court in Europe and the best hobby. Please do that for me, and look at them all in the eye. Do it for me.
Anything other than 3-0 in the final against Olympiacos will be unacceptable. If we win this title in these finals, we will destroy Olympiacs over the next two years
I ask you and I beg you to do it for me! I look them in the eye. Do it for me. In Olympiacos they don't talk. They can end them. Destroy them! Gain! If we win this title in these finals, we will destroy Olympiacs over the next two years. This is more important than the Euroleague title!
I ask you and I beg you to do it for me! I look them in the eye. Do it for me. They can end the Olympiacos. Destroy them! Gain!
They have talent, guts, have everything. Please do it for me. Come on together!
