Namely, the Basketball Federation of Switzerland announced that the coach of this national team, Ilias Papatheodorou, will not be with the national team either in the first or the second game against Bosnia and Herzegovina because the club that trains at the same time has forbidden him to do so.
Papatheodorou is currently in charge of Maroussi BC, and that club has decided to ban him from leading their national team, although the exact reason is still unknown.
The Swiss said that he is in constant contact with his associates, and that he is involved in monitoring the team. The head coach in his place will be Dimitris Menoudakos, who has been Papatheodorou’s assistant for many years.
The professional staff will include Patric Pembele as the first assistant and Herve Coudray, the technical director of the Association, as the second assistant.
The first match will be played on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. in Tuzla, and the second on Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
(Vijesti.ba)
