In Panathinaikos, which lost to Olympiacos in the Euroleague, the fans prevented the players from leaving the dressing room. After the defeat of President Giannakopoulos, extraordinary decisions were made. Turkish basketball fans remember Giannakopoulos with the penalty he gave after the Fenerbahçe game.
Panathinaikos made a bad start to the season, but managed to recover later in the season, but lost their last four games in the EuroLeague. Lastly, a meeting took place between the club president Dimitris Giannakopoulos and coach Dejan Radonjic in the green and white team, which was defeated by Olympiacos in the derby. During the meeting, important decisions were taken on behalf of the club.
FREE BUDGET
In the meeting, which lasted about three hours, President Giannakopoulos expressed his confidence in coach Dejan Radonjic and stated that he would continue his support. In addition, Dimitris Giannakopoulos informed Radonjic that he will be given a free budget for reinforcements to the squad.
In addition, Giannakopoulos expressed that he is not satisfied with the way the coach and the general manager work. In this direction, Argyris Pedoulakis, who was the general manager of the club, was dismissed and appointed as the infrastructure manager.
FANS DID NOT REMOVE PLAYERS
After the loss of Olympiacos in the EuroLeague last week, a group of Panathinaikos fans surrounded the players’ tunnel and prevented them from leaving the locker room.
Immediately afterwards, Panathinaikos communications officer Dimitris Kontos, general manager Argiris Pedoulakis and the team’s center player Georgios Papagiannis met with the fans and disbanded the group.
THE PRESIDENT WILL GO TO THE MATCH
The team in green and white currently shares the 14th place in the EuroLeague standings with Olimpia Milano and LDLC ASVEL with six wins and nine losses. Greece’s representative will face FC Bayern Munich away in the next EuroLeague match. Club president Dimitris Giannakopoulos is expected to travel to Germany with the team to follow the fight from the Audi Dome.
BUS TRAVEL AFTER FENERBAHÇE DEATH
Frustration in the Euroleague quarter-finals against Fenerbahçe in 2017 drove president Dimitris Giannakopoulos crazy. The Greek president canceled his team’s return tickets to Athens and imposed a bus penalty. The Greek team had departed from Istanbul by bus.
