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Dimitris Itodis: "I am happy that Oded Katsh returns to the ring and leads Panathinaikos"

The CSKA Moscow coach, who won the European Cup with the Israeli as Oberdovich's assistant, tells Walla! Sport: "Zeliko pushed him to the edge, and I tried to make sure that his encouragement remained positive.

He was a critical player for us, and he was under a lot of pressure. "Also: Watch a rare record of the last basket Katsh scored in his career

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Ahrela Weisberg

Friday, 15 January 2021, 14:14

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Rare documentation: The last basket in Oded Katash's career (Photo: Courtesy of Novasports Greece Video Editing: Oren Danieli)

Oded Katash will stand tonight (Friday, 19:00) for the first time on the lines at Panathinaikos, when he will be hosted with his new team at Fenerbahce.

The Israeli coach managed to hold a premiere training session at Ouaka yesterday, and his assistant Lior Lubin joined him and the players today in Istanbul.

More than 20 years have passed since Katsch came down from the floor for the last time.

A month after the unforgettable victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Euroleague final in Thessaloniki, he scored nine points in the third game of the Greek playoff final, and won the national championship with Pau.

Courtesy of the Greek television network Novasports, which aired the game on May 20, 2000, here is a rare record of the latest basket in Katsch's career.

A minute and a second before the end, Zeljko Oberdovic brought the Israeli center and Irish center Pat Bark to the bench, and the two won a standing ovation from 18,000 spectators at Ouaka.

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"Having quite a few difficulties."

Katsch and Itodis with Oberdovich in 2000 (Photo: Official Website, Action Images)

Who can recall those days he CSKA Moscow coach, Dimitris Aitodis, who served as assistant Obradovic throughout 13 years Panathinaikos - and this was the first joint the season.

"Every time I see the encouraging and converse with him, we're going back memories of our days in Pau" "It was a talented and smart coordinator, who understood the game well, and I'm glad he's back in the ring and that he's now leading Panathinaikos.

" Pushed him to the edge and even made him cry at one of the training sessions, but he said, “If there is anyone who suffered from Zeljko more than me that season, it is Itodis.

He was also on the standard of an interpreter, and he absorbed all the shouts and passed them on to us. "

Itudis understands what Katsch was talking about." Jasikevicius. "The pressure was on him, and that's normal.

He was a critical player, Jeliko had high demands on him, and sometimes he pushed him to the edge.

I tried to explain to him that this is how it is: when you have expectations, you are put under pressure, and basketball is a game of pressure.

In the end he handled it excellently, and we won the European Cup already in our first season together.

Oded was significant throughout the season and in the final itself. "

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