“Marca” deified Mendiliber

He doesn’t like them his many words Jose Luis Mendilibar. And he is definitely not comfortable with a lot of flattery, especially towards his face. He even made his “feeling” public last May before the Europa League final in Budapest with a rant in… French (“I hear so much flattery that I feel m…”). It’s good, then, that he doesn’t speak Greek, at his start against a red and white background, to understand the excitement caused by the successive victories against Ferentsvaros and PAOK? Not exactly.

Because these first pages of his from the bench of Olympiakos translate well into Spanish: “Debut in the Greek league with many goals at the home of the pioneer. PAOK – Olympiacos 1-4. Simply, Jose Luis Mendiliber. Olympiacos is five points behind AEK, the new leader of the Greek Super League. Does anyone doubt that he can do it?’ asked the Spanish “Marca” on X (Twitter) for his sake. An account with… six and a half million followers and of course a huge influence on Iberian football.

My man was found yesterday afternoon at CHEF. In her “first”. National basketball and in Spanoulis’ uniform debut. What did he notice? How there were smiles, certainly between the Red and White and Green, even though Sunday night was the basketball final. In other words, I want to say that the relations between the players are good and the cooperation between teams – National, satisfactory. As, after all, the coach pointed out, some players did not sleep at night or came with minimal hours of sleep.

This shows mood. Willingness to strengthen a team that is always looking for something strong. And playing at SEF, the older ones will remember and the younger ones will learn stories from ’87. “SEF is a stadium that carried a huge success in ’87. We have nice memories, I was very young then, five years old, but we all started playing basketball from that national team”, said Spanoulis.

I continue with National basketball and how the players welcomed coach Spanoulis. Here’s what Pap, the captain of the blue team, had to say.

“No. 1 is the mentality, that characterizes the coach. It’s the mindset he wants to pass on to all of us. Of course, for this to happen, we must keep our ears open and our horizons open, to accept what he will ask of us and what we must do on the court to become a team that will fight for its country. That’s the most important thing.” I think and conclude here, that no further clarifications are needed.

Apart from Matias Almeida and his colleagues, they have been linked with AEK for almost two years, which Carlos Roa also confirmed with his one move. The goalkeeper coach of the Union got a tattoo of the AEK emblem on his leg and understandably it had a big impact in the world of the team. Roa is one of the most beloved personalities among AEK fans, certainly with his personality, with him also showing from his side that he now has particularly strong ties with the club.

A few days ago, one of Fabiano’s representatives was in Thessaloniki, who discussed with the footballer but also with the people of Ari. The experienced defender is free next summer and there is still no agreement on a new contract. It seems that there is a significant difference in the financial, but which is not considered prohibitive and everything is open at the moment for Fabiano. I note, however, that the back is liked within borders, with all that entails.

Our male and female champions who managed to reach a final at the (recent) World Swimming Championships receive a bonus from the international federation depending on the position they took in each final they took part in. Here, then, are the sums of the Greek swimmers in detail: Apostolos Christou (100 m. backstroke, 4X100 freestyle, mixed 4X100 mixed) – 12,250 dollars,

Anna Dountounaki (50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, medley 4×100 medley) – $9,250, Nora Drakou (50m backstroke, medley 4×100 medley) – $6,250, Vangelis Makrygiannis (100m backstroke) – $6,000, Apostolos Siskos (200m backstroke) – $4,000, Christian Golomeev (50m freestyle, 4X100 freestyle) – $3,000, Andreas Vazaios (4X100 freestyle, 4X200 freestyle) – $2,000, Giorgos Aspougalis (4X100 medley) – $1,250, Stergios Bilas (4X100 freestyle) – 1,000 dollars, Dimitris Markos (4X200 freestyle) – 1,000 dollars, Konstantinos Stamou (4X200 freestyle) – 1,000 dollars, Konstantinos Englezakis (4X200 freestyle) – 1,000 dollars.