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From bad to worse are going the problems in the volleyball club Panathinaikos. The coach Stelios Kazazis does not hide his despair and fear for the future of the greens. In an interview published by the newspaper SportDay he even defines the future of the club as uncertain.

About what is a realistic plan for the 2010-2011 season Kazazis said: "We make plans and God laughs. If we consider the fact that two years ago the team's budget amounted to 2.7 million euros and we got nothing last year it was 1.6 million euros and we won the Cup, but we lost the championship and this year we start with 150,000 euros ... Can we talk realistically ? It is better to say nothing at all.

The sad conclusions of Kazazis are proof that the club is literally on the edge of survival. "From the moment when in May I made a plan for a team with high standards and low cost requirements over time everything changed. Unfortunately, we are in the middle of August and I feel as though someone is constantly pressing me into the water without being able to take a breath" – commented on the extremely difficult situation the Greek coach.

To the newspaper he stated that the last three months are mentally more difficult to go cope with than competitions during the season. To the question however, if he found an investor he could make a strong team Kazazis replied: "At this point the market has shrunk. I am not only interested in first class players, but mainly in players. It is difficult to find an athlete who has the standards that I am searching for from the very beginning. Whoever wants to give money to Panathinaikos right now will do good for the team ... "

How much longer could it withstand this pressure? "At this point the team does not need people, but hope. Last year I had said that I’m coming back in the team which I love the most. I could not explain things otherwise. I am here and I am fighting with the waves. With this team I grew up and formed as a player. The two years during which I was lucky to be a coach we won a championship and a bowl. Maybe internally I feel that I owe something to the team".