Bartzoka’s outburst: “I’m being taught moral lessons by people working in the background”!

Giorgos Bartzokas broke out in his statements after the victory of Olympiakos over Panathinaikos in SEF, for the third final of the Basket League playoffs.

The coach of the “red and white” talked about propaganda against him and for people who live in the background and give him moral lessons, while he characteristically commented that “the system is ready to deconstruct everything I say».

He also spoke about the atmosphere prevailing in the Greek stadiums and emphasized that he would like it to be “like in Western Europe, where the games are played and the best wins, it is not possible announcement war and propaganda war, pressuring referees and targeting people»

In detail what George Bartzokas said at the press conference:

“Congratulations to our team, we took an important step towards the last goal of the year which of course gives nothing. We must prepare with the same modesty, attention and concentration for the next game which is also very difficult. I don’t have much to say, better to analyze the year when it’s over, positive or negative.

Defense is always the key, but I think both sides of the court are important. We had a good defensive attitude, we didn’t leave anything to Panathinaikos with few exceptions in the first half. The titles are played in closed games, the hustle phases are very important, if you get them, you gain confidence. The atmosphere is also difficult for the opponent here. We are at the end and there is mental and physical fatigue, now that we also have injuries, everyone who participates must contribute in their role so that our team can win the championship.

An image was created by the media, even by Panathinaikos, for things I said and even they themselves said. Winning a title in the Greek league is never easy. Panathinaikos plays with much less pressure than us, that’s a fact. Media and social media create situations and conditions. It’s a lot of heat at the end, it’s the middle of June, let’s focus on the next game and do our best.

THE Vezenkov he is a man who is not afraid of challenges. Today he played 20 minutes, it is understood that he had a contribution to our victory, although he is a compulsive man with his routine. He didn’t train, we felt he should help as much as he can since this injury couldn’t get any worse. I’m so glad he didn’t have to play more. I want to congratulate the team’s medical team, as they stayed until the morning hours to treat Sasha and those with injury and fatigue problems, we owe a lot of our run and victory to them.

Every game is different, you can be worse and win. The opponent always plays too. Obviously, Panathinaikos also plays with a different confidence in its stadium. We lost a lot of our creation and execution there, we played with untested formations, but we had a chance to win the match. If we play our game, we’ll have a serious chance of winning. We know it won’t be easy, I don’t want to make more statements because the system is ready to deconstruct everything I say. I always respect Panathinaikos, you can ask everyone one by one if I have shown an image of arrogance. If that’s the game to be played, I respect that too. Everyone does their job.

When I made the decision about which foreigner should be cut, I went with the logic of the numbers. If a tall got injured, like Black did, we’d be stuck with a center for the entire lineup. That was my decision then. The fact that Slukas contracted gastroenteritis and Walkup was ruled out was something that could not be predicted. That was my decision, I hope to be vindicated. It has nothing to do with Kanan’s quality or how happy I am with him, it was a logical decision.

In Turkey there is no problem regarding the safety of athletes and coaches. And in Serbia it is controlled. If that’s a nice way to do your job, in indoor courts, it’s not. For a month or two now the situation has intensified too much again. If you ask me, I would like an atmosphere like in western Europe, where games are played and the best wins, there is no announcement war and propaganda war, pressuring the referees and targeting people. Nothing surprises me, the ideal scenario is to see 12 vs 12 and the best man wins.

I don’t want to be in the limelight, you know, for some reason I am the main target of opposing propagandathey happen to me moral lessons from people acting in the background. They point the finger at me, I respect it, everyone does a job to support their family. There are people who are affected by it, I have many Panathinaikos friends, my childhood friends, whose opinion I care about, they know I’m not arrogant. This is how they characterize me, while I simply used statements of my opponents. These people who are pointing fingers at me have deconstructed their coaches. Radonic and Pedoulakis have a respectable career. I said that the series will be very difficult.”