After the impressive victory against Greece, Germany’s national basketball team is in a European Championship semi-final for the first time in 17 years. The dream of a big coup at the home tournament lives on after the famous 107:96 against the co-favorites around NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. While the German team celebrated the quarter-final victory in front of 14,073 fans in Berlin and the DBB players also received respect in the media, the Greek press was disappointed with their own team. Of the SPORTBUZZER, the sports portal of the editorial network Germany (RND) collected the press reviews.
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Bild (Deutschland): Basketball madness – perfect semifinals: German giants overthrow NBA giants!
daily mirror (Deutschland): Basketball EM in Berlin: Germany conjures up against Greece in the semifinals
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time online (Deutschland): “This team can become European champions: Germany’s basketball players play themselves into a frenzy against Greece. Together they beat one of the best in the world. And can hardly believe it themselves.”
n-tv (Deutschland): Biggest EM coup in 17 years. Unleashed DBB team overthrows the giant
The mirror (Deutschland): Reaching the semi-finals – not even Antetokounmpo can stop Germany.
Greek press: “We were simply executed”
MetroSport (Greece): “Inglorious end! Ironically, in the most important game, the Nationale was like a ghost and lost a great chance to play for a medal. Blackout in both defense and attack.”
SportsDay (Greece): “The dream is over! (…) We were simply executed. (…) The National collapsed in the second half. Got 17 three-pointers!”
Live sports (Greece): “Slumped. Germany takes apart the ghost of Greece and is rightly in the top four.”
Kathimerini (Greece): “From the dream. Absentminded the whole team.”
Ta Nea (Greece): “Bitter defeat. We collapsed.”
