Giorgos Bartokas stressed that the players of Maccabi had desire and motivation and Olympiakos did not play defense, did not commit fouls to claim balls and that they must find their form again for the continuation, after they have lost their rhythm, while he characterized tonight one of their worst appearances this season.
Analytically: “I want to congratulate Maccabi for their victory, they played with great desire and motivation. For us, it was the second consecutive away game that we do not play the way we want. We did not deserve to win, because we did not have all the important things that are necessary and shape the result.
I speak to commit fouls, to play good defense, to get the claimed balls. We did not deserve to win. This is how the Euroleague is, you have to look below whether you win or lose. We need to rediscover our form as soon as possible.
Before the game, I said that the result depends not only on you, but also on the opponent. We had a problem now, because we do not have a competitive rhythm, like Maccabi of course. But we had eight cases of coronavirus in players. In the game with Panathinaikos we had a good rhythm and we were in good shape, but now, this is not the case. We can do nothing but work hard and fight. It was one of our worst performances of the year. “We played very badly throughout the game and we deserved to lose.”
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