ATHENES - The Lebanese Basket Ball league has severely declined (119-62) facing his Greek counterpart at the premier encounter in the pre-olympic tournament which is taking place in Athens starting 14th to the 20th of July. Lebanon should imperatively beat the Brazil tomorrow at 10.pm. in order to qualify for the second finals.

An entertaining match for the locals: largely superior, the Helens applied since the start of the game a great deal of pressure on the field which bothered the Lebanese, literary trespassing them with physical force. The adversaries didn't surrender or get tired of scoring Baskets however Fadi el Khatib's team was chained throughout the game.

A missing Height

"Vogel's absence wasn't only the absence of our great and best scorer due to his 2m 11cm height, but also the nonattendance of our best morale booster" declared the national sport selector Fouad Abou Chacra. He wasn't wrong. From the beginning of the game till the last second of the match, the players suffered and immense difference not only in talent but also facing the Greeks Height.

We cannot compete in the rebounds phases, the visitors cashed one basket following the other, to a point which they couldn't stop the vice champions of the world to parade in the first quarter or to sit comfortably their big domination over the rest of the party.

Q1 : 32 -17 ;
Q2: 22-10 ;
Q3: 32-14 ;
Q4: 33-21.

Better Performances:
Fadi El Khatib (14pts) ,
Brian Feghali (12pts) ,
Rony Fahed (9pts),
Roy Samaha (8pts)