USAThe Embassy of Athens in Athens shared a video on its social media account, openly supporting the Greek national team, two hours before the Turkey-Greece match played on Friday evening, within the framework of the Acropolis Tournament. In the video, an American diplomat enters his superior’s room. American behind his superior basketball The framed shirt of Giannis Antetokounmpo of Nigerian origin, superstar of the Milwaukee Bucks team in the NBA league and player of the Greek national team, stands.
WE CAN’T STAY Neutral
The female supervisor opened an envelope and said, “The order came from above. We are diplomats. We should not take sides in the match (Turkey-Greece),” he says. Meanwhile, the other diplomat thinks first of US President Joe Biden and then Antetokounmpo and says that he cannot do this (he cannot stay neutral). Then he takes off his jacket and unbuttons his shirt, showing the Greek national team jersey (Antetokounmpo jersey) he is wearing.
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CHEER IS BEING
In the video of the US Embassy, the chants of “Ellas” (Greece) are also heard. At the end of the video, there was the phrase “all eyes on Antetokounmpo, let’s go to Greece” (Lets go Ellas). In the video, which made headlines on Greek sports and news sites with headlines such as “wonderful” and “amazing”, the role of diplomat was played by the press advisor of the US Embassy in Athens, Torrey Goad. The previous evening, Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play, Greece won 89-80.
INFORMATION NOTE: While the US administrations have preferred to increase their cooperation with Greece in recent years, the Suda base and Alexandroupoli port on the island of Crete have turned into important logistics centers for the American navy.
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