Olympiacos has a date with history tomorrow night!
The “red and white” and Real Madrid cross swords in the “Zalgirio Arena” in the great final of the Euroleague (21/05, 20:00), where the “red and whites” have the sole goal of winning the 4th trophy in their history!
His envoy bwinSPORT FM and his sportfm.gr, Nikos Zervas, attends yet another big moment for Piraeus and brings everything from the Lithuanian city ahead of tonight’s final.
On Saturday night, the “red and white” performed the their last training session before the big final on the floor of “Zalgirio Arena”, which completed without incident. Which means that the George Bartzokas he is happy to count on all his players!
Then the great one qualification over Monaco (76-62), their desire Olympiacos fans to be in the team’s side against Real Madrid is huge! Such was the demand of the world, that two more charter flights were chartered to Kaunas, with estimates speaking of a… sea of people of more than 7,000 “red and white” in the Lithuanian city!
At 1200 the extra Greeks for tomorrow so far. 4 charters have been chartered and many are coming by car… Unbelievable…
— Nikolaos Zervas (@ZervasNikolaos) May 20, 2023
“I’m not afraid of anyone. We have to fight him as best we can, do what will make him feel danger. He is a giant, but I am not afraid of him”said among others Isaiah Caanan speaking on air News Bulletin 247.
Speaking at the press conference of the grand final, the coach of Piraeus, Giorgos Bartzokas, said he was proud of the qualification over Monaco, making it clear that everyone will give their best to win the prestigious trophy: “I am very happy that we are in the final. I feel proud to be part of the celebration and compete with the best. I heard someone yesterday from the stands telling me to… wake up. He obviously thought I was asleep. Luckily I woke up at half time. This is basketball”coach B said among others.
On the other side, the technician of the “merinches”, Chus Mateo, knit it praise of Olympiakos and Giorgos Bartzokas, speaking with the best words for all of Piraeus: “For me it is a great honor for me to be in the final as a coach with Real and to be up against a coach and a team like Bartzokas and Olympiacos. He is a basketball machine. They play consistently, they know each other very well. It is a pleasure and an honor for me to be opposite coach Barzokas, a reference coach in European basketball and a great master of the benches”said the Spanish technician.
THE Kostas Sloukas, which gives the “present” for 7th time in his great career in the final of the Euroleague he stated among other things during the press conference: “We are talking about a final. We have been thinking about this day since August and we are happy to be here. The road was difficult and long. We are in the last 40 minutes for the trophy. What gift should I expect (for his birthday)? sweet; I expect everyone to fight on the field, to fight for every phase, to play a big game as a team and to win the title”!
“We have Real in front of us, an experienced and tough team. We know what we have to do. We have a guide in the second half with Monaco and the last month. We are here, closer and closer and we have the last step left, which is also the most difficult”said among others Vezenkov to Nikos Zerva.
In fact, speaking on the Euroleague website, the MVP of this year’s event, he opened his heart and spoke about himself as well as Giorgos Bartzokas: “There were times when I was down and he wanted me to give up. That I didn’t think I deserved what they were giving me. Coach Bartzokas saw potential in me. Believe me. It also made my teammates trust my abilities. I owe a lot to the entire Olympiakos organization.”
See photos from Olympiakos’ last training session at “Zalgirio Arena”:
Source: Sport Fm
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