Several hours are left till the match of Georgian national basketball team and Georgian delegation is preparing for it. Everyone knows the importance of this match. “We must do our best to win this match”, - stated Nikoloz Tskitishvili who we talked to in the foyer of “Amberton” hotel.

- We are on a great mood. Georgian national team is playing at EuroBasket for the first time and to tell the truth we have not realized where we are.

- The match against Belgium is very important…

- Now, we think only about the match. I remember well when we lost both qualifying matches against Belgium. We must take revenge. Especially, the Tbilisi match disappointed us. We believed in victory and failure upset us.

- How can you estimate chances?

- It is difficult to say. But injury of Axel Hervelle changed everything. He is a great power of Belgians. Our opponent replaced him with D.J. Mbenga who plays differently and he is acceptable for us.

- What did Igor Kokoshkov pay attention to before the match?

- Everyone knows that Belgians have strong back line. We should not make the same mistake.

- Which player do you think is the strongest from Belgians?

- I would name Van Rossom. We must manage to stop him now.

- What is our trump?

- Good playing in defense. We know that we must do our best today.

- According to some information, 2 000 Georgian fans will attend the match. It is not small number.

- Yes, it is true. We almost play at home and it is a great plus for us. Georgian national team has held the best matches at home.

Georgians did not train today. Belgian coach trained his players at 9:00 local time.
And Georgian fans. Their number has increased. They have national flags, jerseys, whistles and other national equipments. So, seeing Georgian fans on tribunes should be pleasant.

Dato Manjavidze from Klaipeda