THE Nikos Zervas considers that the image in Game 3 of the finals was representative of the difference that exists this year between Olympic and the Panathinaikos.
“The real difference in quality between the two teams was seen. Olympiacos approached in performance levels the team admired by all of Europe during the year“, he emphasized to News Bulletin 247. “Olympiacos had a lot more assists, played a lot more pressing defense tiring Lee out, while Slukas had an amazing game. One of the keys was the formation with Vezenkov and Peters in the forwards, which forced Panathinaikos not to play so closed inside their racket and thus many balls passed to the tall ones“, he added.
As for the injured, he said:Papanikolaou was limping quite a bit yesterday. He’ll do an exam today and we’ll see. That’s the price from the 40 minutes he played in the third final. Vezenkov spent endless hours with the team’s physios, and very few players before a career decision would grit their teeth and play. He showed greatness and deserves to be congratulated».
Finally, regarding the outburst of Giorgos Bartzokas at the press conference, he said that “… a person who is not what some want to present him is targeted. He is a frugal person, who completely respects Panathinaikos and never underestimated him. It is unfair what is being done against him. The same people who deconstruct coach Barzokas with lies, have deconstructed the people of Panathinaikos one by one. It’s good to know a character before you go and kill them».
Source: Sport Fm
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