November 20, 2008
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Dienstag, 20. November 2007
Tomas Van den Spiegel - Prokom Trefl We are only four weeks into a new Euroleague season, but here in here in Sopot, it seems way longer already. Not only have we already changed some players, but we also played several games without key players like Milan Gurovic or Dajuan Wagner. I feel like we already had our share of bad luck for the rest of the season, or at least that is what I hope. You got it, we didn't really start out well, with big losses in home games against CSKA Moscow and Tau Vitoria and a last minute loss in Kaunas that might be important in the end. Luckily enough, we were able to go into the Bolognese Palamalaguti in Game 4 and get our first win. Soon after this blog is published, I hope we do the same thing in Athens, at Peace and Friendship Stadium. I think there is no gym in the world with a greater name...

And as I mentioned in my first blog a couple of weeks ago, going back to Bologna is always special to me. I spent three seasons at Fortitudo, made many friends (more or less half the city, as the other half are Virtus fans) and the air of Basket City still smells a little like home. Before our game I even wrote a big ‘F' on the palm of my hand and I told Virtus president Claudio Sabatini that I considered this game my own little derby. Now that I write it down, it all sounds silly, but it is not in Bologna: I guess you must have lived it to understand it. The booing by the crowd at the moment of team...
TOMAS VAN DEN SPIEGEL - SOPOT, POLAND
Sonntag, 21. Oktober 2007
Tomas Van den Spiegel, Prokom Trefl Sopot
The circus is coming back to town… The first day of a new school year is Monday!… That is how I - and with me all of my Euroleague colleagues, I'm sure - have been feeling for the last days. Of course, the domestic leagues are important, too, but they are not the same thing. The Euroleague is special, and I'm not getting paid to say this. Special for me because I've changed teams over the summer. I moved from the noisy, chaotic and crazy - but don't get me wrong, also very charming - city of Moscow, to the quiet, peaceful and relaxing beach town of Sopot, Poland. If you look at all 24 Euroleague teams, a bigger change is hard to imagine. But I enjoy every minute of being here. Getting to practice takes me about 4 minutes, the mall is just around the corner and the airport within 15 minutes. That used to be 20, 60 and 120 minutes, respectively, last season. The air is clean and the beaches are beautiful. Life is easy here, so all we have to do now is come up with some results on the court to make it even better…

Although injuries made us struggle throughout our preseason, we do...
Tomas Van den Spiegel, Sopot
TOMAS VAN DEN DPIEGEL
PROKOM TERFL SOPOT
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