Finally action again on Olympic, facing for the 20th game of the Euroleague the Fenerbahce (19:45, bwinSPORTFM 94.6, sportfm.gr and Novasports Prime) to Constantinople.
The “red and whites”, who have a record of 12-5 and come from three consecutive victories in the tournament, with an intermediate and last stop before the coronavirus (s.s. twelve cases, nine in players) qualifying for the semifinals of the Greek cup against Ionikos Nikaia on December 26. After overcoming the difficult period of positive cases and everyone returned with negative tests and medical examinations, the Piraeus team traveled yesterday at noon to the city, to face the Turkish team that is “burning” for victory, in order to get closer to the positions that lead to playoff.
The coach Bartzokas, counts all his players having taken thirteen in the mission (s.s. also returned Quincy Aisy), with a big question mark, however, will be the situation that will appear those who fell ill and whether it will have affected the team that he did only two training sessions with full roster. The disease has hit several key players, it is unknown how many minutes they will be able to fight, so as not to have problems with their breathing and rhythm.
Fenerbahce where has a record of 7-10 does not count on the injured Jan Veseli, Nanto Decolo and Marial Sayok (s.s. was injured in yesterday’s training session and will be out for a month), while Devin Booker is returning from injury. The Turkish team has five victories in eight home games this year and is distinguished for its accuracy in two points, as with 58% it is the most accurate so far in the Euroleague.
It comes from a home defeat by Darussafaka for the championship and will want to react, which is why George Bartzokas stressed that her absences should not reassure his players.
Referees of the match are Miguel Î Îngel Perez (Spain), Robert Lotermozer (Germany) and Michele Rossi (Italy).
In a level delivery, the two teams will play for the thirtieth time in their history from 1995 onwards. Olympiakos is leading 16-13 in the victories in total, while in the games that have taken place on Turkish soil, it has prevailed in eight and has lost in five. Last prevalence was on November 15, 2017 with 90-83 in overtime.
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