Bartzokas: “We showed fatigue, the match against Barcelona was very difficult”

For fatigue, physical and mental, of his players Olympiakou made a speech George Bartzokas after the two consecutive problematic appearances of his team. However, he emphasized that the Piraeus will have to find the reserves to cope with the very demanding match on Tuesday against Barcelona.

“Our schedule has been particularly heavy lately. Yesterday we played two games in forty hours, plus the journey where we were sleepless all night. This inevitably leads to fatigue, but we can’t complain. This is our program, like all Euroleague teams. It’s just that compared to our opponent tomorrow, they had an extra day of rest. They also rested their two best players in Saturday’s game. Higgins and Mirotic were out. Of course, they lost the match. We didn’t play well in Milan, we were pressured yesterday too. We showed fatigue both intellectually and physically and mentally“, emphasized the coach of Piraeus.

“We need to immediately change our approach for a challenging game tomorrow against a team you all know how good they are. He’s in good form, he’s won five in a row, he’s playing much better. The return of Mirotic has raised their ceiling, while Higgins is also playing very well. In general, they are a team with very good execution both defensively and offensively. For us it will certainly be a difficult and demanding match. The fatigue factor has to quickly get out of our minds, both myself and the players. Tomorrow we play in a full stadium, in front of our world and we have to give our best“, he added.