Lasso: “Olympiacos is a great team with excellent players, I believe they will be in the Final 4”

Statements after his team’s defeat by Olympiakos in SEF for the 13th matchday of the Euroleague, made by the coach of Bayern Munich, Pablo Lasso.

The Spanish coach spoke in the best words about the “red and whites”, who he described as a great team with excellent players, while he emphasized that he believes that the Piraeus team will manage to reach the Final 4 of this year’s competition.

What the Bayern coach said in detail:



“It was difficult for us. We missed shots, we made mistakes, it was a very bad first quarter. Losing by 16 points early is very difficult. We were better then, we won the three quarters, but in the last Larentzakis put a three-point board and Peters then. In Spain we say that if you win it’s good, if you lose you learn. That’s what we did today, we learned an important lesson. We had important absences, we have a crucial match on Sunday in Germany”.

On Ibaka’s absence: “Ibaka had some problems, we thought he would be ready, but we preferred to protect him. The dates are tight in our schedule and we didn’t want to take any chances. It’s fine though, not 100%”.

To compare last year’s Olympiakos with this year’s: “I believe Olympiacos will be in the Final 4, they have the same coach, the same philosophy, system. With Milutinov and Petrusev, they become better defensively and gain a lot of size. It is difficult for anyone to deal with them. However, having played against Spanoulis, Sluka, Vezenkov, who are no longer on the roster, I think they lost in talent. But they are always competitive. I have a lot of respect for all the players. It’s a great team with great players.”.