The fans of Croat team are waiting with great interest and also with are worrying about the match against Georgia, which will be held in Slovenia. We interviewed several members of Croat fans and they are surprised with convincing play and brilliant victory of the Georgians. They told us: we know a lot of about your team, but we were not expecting such a good game. Our team must do their best against Georgian team today. They think that, if Croatia will lost today, it will be very difficult to leave the group for them. They are awaiting more Croat fans with buses, trains and cars in Slovenia, Celje from Croatia.

The Croats are living in the hotel “Thermana Lasko” in Lasko with Georgian, Polish and Czech teams. Croatian national team coaches and players reserve themselves about prognosis, but they say that their goal is to leave the group and they will do everything to achieve this.

The members and coaches of Georgian national team, understand the importance of today’s match well. There is a fighting mood in the team. Basketball team hopes, that there will be more fans on the “Celje-Arena”, as it was in the match against Poland and they hope that they will support them actively.

Vato Natsvlishvili, famous basketball player, former captain of Georgian national team and now the president of Tbilisi federation and “Dinamo”, told us: “the Georgian players made us happy with their victory. Our fans also were supporting the team actively and they were encouraging our players during the match. I hope, they will be active also today and they will encourage our team with singing and applauses”. 

Tengiz Pachkoria especially for www.worldsport.ge from Celje - Lasko

Photos by Khatuna Gabitashvili

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