Time… cup in Heraklion.
Olympiacos and Peristeri bwin They have reached the end of the road and are up against the final of the first Final 8 of the Greek Cup (19/2, 19:15, www.sportfm.gr, News Bulletin 247, ERT3), at the closed “Dyos Aorakia”.
At… heights is the psychology of both. The “red and white” ones they defeated the “eternal” rival Panathinaikos 81-65 in the semi-final and their big goal is to reach the back-to-back conquest of the trophy and 11th overall in their history. For the Piraeus, this was the 11th consecutive victory in all competitions against the “clover”, while they generally run an unbeaten streak in Greece for 15 months!
From then on, the only “headache” for him George Bartzokas is the Isaiah Canaan. The American guard was one of the main protagonists in the third quarter and in the semi-final against Panathinaikos. However, he left with a problem and so his participation is doubtful in the final. The Piraeus team does not face any other problems, while if Kanan does not compete, the Alec Peterswho was out against the “greens”.
On the contrary, at Pigeon bwin it’s in the… clouds. After a great derby for 35 minutes in the semi-final against AEK and with a great protagonist him Sylvain Franciscohis team Vasilis Spanoulis prevailed 77-65 and qualified for the first time in its history to the final of the institution!
At the same time, “Kill Bill” will hunt the first title of his career as a coach and 16th overall having celebrated a total of 15 as a player. Regarding the competitive part, the whole of the western suburbs does not face any problems.
Finally, the two teams have faced each other in both rounds in this year’s Basket League. Olympiacos has made it 2/2. In the SEF game, the “red and white” did not face much resistance and prevailed with a very comfortable 101-79. However, things were not like that in the closed “Andreas Papandreou”. There, Peristeri bwin not only looked into the… eyes of Piraeus, but came within one… breath of victory. But, the Thomas Walkup with a shot almost in exhalation he gave the pink card to Olympiakos with a score 87-86.
The tradition in the Cup
Olympiacos has four wins in five Cup matches with Peristeri, with the most recent meeting in 2004 in the semi-final of the Final 4 of Lamia. Analytically:
20/02/1991 (Round of 16): Peristeri-Olympiakos 112-106
03/02/1994 (Round of 16): Olympiacos-Peristeri 90-71
29/03/1997 (Quarterfinals): Peristeri-Olympiakos 58-78
01/03/2001 (Round of 16): Olympiacos-Peristeri 73-63
27/02/2004 (Final 4 Lamias-Semifinal) Olympiacos-Peristeri 69-67
Source: Sport Fm
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