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Cyprus U21 vs Hrvatska U21

Now the time for speeches and debates is over!
Now it's time to start what you elected me for!

It's game time!!!!

our first opponent is Hrvatska, a good team with a well all-arounded roster!

Centers and power forwards:
7 players have been choosen by Kvarc (U21 coach)/BBWeb/teamDetails.aspx?UserID=37393

avg salary: $17181

Dino Puž (5186486) is their strongest man, we will need to box him out and to constantly keep him far from the ball!

near to Puž
will probably play a player chosen between
Lovro Šimic ((4772889))
Mirko Legcevic ((6469056))
both similar players.

small forwards:

avg salary: $17765

Sandi Ivanov ((4773547))
will probably be the man to watch out, he doesn't like to pass the ball too much! he's a scorer! but we hope to force him to choose the worst solution!

Guards and point guards:

avg salary: $19656,40

Frane Pešušic ((4773592))
the brain of our opponent! Atmatzidis will need "head,heart and balls" to win his personal match! but we trust him!

Matija Krivacic ((4773025))
0,433% - from 3pt line past season!
24,4 ppg with his club
a real shooting guard!

this is our opponent!
it's not Deutschland, but this is a good team will have to do our best to face them!

I started thinkin' about offensive and defensive tactics, but I won't give them any help so I won't say it, but any issues from the community will be welcome in the next three days, in order to confirm my ideas or even to think twice about them!

in the postgame we can discuss if my choices were good or not!

MAY THEY FEAR US!

Last edited by Thecippis at 03/05/2009 06:03:25

Interesting view about Hrvatska...

It's a hard match, but there is a small opportunity of winning this match. It's not a simple pool for Cyprus... only Malta is surely possible...

I know... but will try our best, won't we?
we have to make right choices to win some more games...

but there is a small opportunity of winning this match.

small, small small opportunity: CAUGHT!

our crunch time helped, their wrong defense helped more! but we won this! the right start, the right move! everything has been really fine for me!

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

THEY'D BETTER HAVE FEARED US!

Excellent and grats. You obviously caught them by surprise.

Pikoulas didn't have a bad day either. Very nice.

A really impressive match... I'm proud of you!!! :-)

Important match by Pitsikokos, right tactical choice by you and great work of all players involved!

Congratulations

Welcome to the first U21 postgame analysy my cypriot friends, I am Cholanka, Thecippis first assistent,let me thank him to involve me in this enthousiasting adventure.

Choices looked hard before the game"Choly, Kaikas's kneel looks not too fit", Thecippis wrote me on monday morning, "let him drink a garlic and rosemary herb tea" I answerd and, men,how did those 23 rebounds look like?
Excellent, a very deserved victory resulted from an accurate study and prevision, the choice of playing CRUNCH TIME was compulsory, because of the scheduleand the choice of a Run & Gun paid the aspectatives we posed in it.

MVP of the matchis surely Agapitos Atmatzidis, an extraordinary point guard whom with 8 assist, 23 points and 6 rebounds brings that added value to the gameplay in this victory. About him you're doing a brilliant job TassosC, congratulations!

I feel to cangratulate Thecippis for his first great winning, this could be really valuable in the ned of the pool.

Ciao a tutti
Cholanka.

ps:
THis is the postgame analysys by my 2nd coach, I post it because I translated it from italian for cholanka! but next time He will constricted to write it down in english! :-)

pikoulas have been a great weapon for us in this match: keep working your team and this team can't miss a full training for him!

we had some great time in the match! the starters were the best choice possible... but from the bench we had some great high effective strikers and defenders, I didn't expected the benchers to be so usefull.

I hope to keep improving my coaching abilities leading this team!

Benvenuto Cholanka da Keriolese!

Good analysis. I myself would find it hard to decide between Y. Pitsikokos (39 Points, > 50% from in- and outside) and A. Atmatzidid. But we cannot have enough MVPs in this young and ambitious team.;-)

Cholanka has some frightening good results in the Italian Cup - that is imho an excellent amendment to the team management. Again welcome!

(37060) - so we know that Thecippis isn't simply a multiple personality...

(37060) - so we know that Thecippis isn't simply a multiple personality...

LOL!

btw in my humble opinion the choice of the MVP should also pass trough kaikas, who ha dthe worst matchup, and despite that he boxed out his opponent the Pf, their coach, their bench, the bus they arrived with... 23 rebounds have been a great great treasure for us!

the offensive choice was rewarding more atmatzidis and pitsikokos, and this second have a really bad defensive match, their benh guard shooted everything in, infront of pitsikokos, that has been his only bad moment in the match.
for atmatzidis teh numbers are clear: he has been an overall sharp and clever weapon in attack as in defense!