One of his most difficult games of the season is played by Olympicwho host Real Madrid (21:15, Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) within the framework of the 12th matchday of the Euroleague. In his first match for Devil’s Week.
Piraeus (6-5) comes from the defeat with 85-77 from Monaco in the competition, while on Saturday they walked (54-96) in Lavrio for the Stoiximan Basket League. On the other side, the “queen” is having an almost flawless season. Last week they suffered their first loss (10-1), falling 100-99 to Fenerbahce in overtime in City. Just on Monday it became known that Facundo Cabaso is the most valuable player of the Euroleague for November.
Petrusev’s debut has been moved to the match against Bayern Munich, which follows for the “red and whites”, having only had his first regular training session on Monday, while Williams-Goss is not yet fully fit. There is no other problem, since McKissick is also taking more and more time.
“I think it is unnecessary to talk about the difficulty of the game. Everyone says that when they play Real, that based on the numbers, the standings and of course what we all see, they are a team that has a high level of difficulty to play with. Everything has to be done very well to win. This is the situation at the moment in European basketball. A team that had no injuries, they are all back, they have a body from last year, they have the addition of Campacho, who has a big impact on their game. They are a team that has experience and they know how to play together. So you have to play very well“, emphasized the coach of Piraeus.
“Of course, we think we have a chance to win. It will be a nice atmosphere for us, the stadium full. The team is motivated to continue the good performances, because we believe that we also played well against Monaco in general. In essence, the game was decided on a couple of possessions. So we believe that we have to keep improving and become the best version of Olympiakos that we can be and with the new signings I’m sure our ceiling goes up quite a bit. But the game is tomorrow and we will have to be very good to win it“, said on Monday George Bartzokas ahead of the match.
Real Madrid will play against Olympiakos (as well as against Panathinaikos AKTOR) without Sergio Rodriguez, who is suffering from a hip problem. The experienced guard is averaging 3 points, 3.9 assists and 1.3 rebounds in 14:30. Giabuselli is also out, who will be out for a long time due to a knee problem.
“This week requires a great effort from us in two high-intensity games, in two games… classics for European basketball, two European champions who will host us in their seats and want to play well in front of their home crowd.
I expect two very strong games. Olympiacos was our last opponent in the title game last year. They are probably the most consistent team in the competition and the one that plays the best defense.
Last season we won the title but they could easily win it just as easily. Olympiacos has one of the best coaches in Europe, plays as a team and does not rely on units. We will have a very difficult game“, said Chus Mateo.
Referees: Ilja Belosevic (Serbia), Tomislav Hordov (Croatia) and Michele Rossi (Italy).
Source: Sport Fm
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