Bartzokas: “I like everything about Olympiakos, we have players to fill Fal’s void”

He called it a fantastic club Olympic The George Bartzokas in the statements he made ahead of the match against Maccabi for the 22nd matchday of the Euroleague.

“I like everything about Olympiakos. It’s a fantastic club, I like the fans, I like the players, my partners. I like them all. They are awesome! Just in teams and competition at this level there are ups and downs“, pointed out the Piraeus coach.

In addition, he referred to his absence Mustafa Falemphasizing that the “red and white” have the players to fill his void.

Details of what he said at the Media Day of Olympiakos

Regarding the situation of Olympiakos: “I don’t know exactly what condition we are in, because we had Monday’s game against Colossus, where we only played for 20 minutes nice and immediately after that we had a rehabilitation training basically, with individual and weights. Today we will have a normal practice to play tomorrow. You see the team mostly in the games. In the games, in Spain I think we had a bad second half against Baskonia. That cost us. In Barcelona it was a game that basically went to the shootout and we hit out. But the score and points are relentless right now. You have to get points because the games are very crucial and in this light we have to look at the game against Maccabi tomorrow. We should win, recognizing that they are a very strong contender for the top eight for sure and possibly the Final 4. So it’s an important game for us at the moment and with these problems we have».

On what he likes about Piraeus and Fal’s injury: “I like everything about Olympiakos. It’s a fantastic club, I like the fans, I like the players, my partners. I like them all. They are awesome! It’s just that in teams and in competition at this level there are ups and downs, which the only way to overcome is to keep working, to believe in your ideas and all together to be conscientious, to be self-respecting, to be ambitious and to we want to work continuously. This is what we will continue to do. This is what we did in previous years. We have confidence in the team, we have good players. You know sometimes you need a little luck. Fal’s injury, which I must tell you, struck in the game against Monaco. He was injured in both games he played and in the game against AEK earlier. You know how important he is to us, but here we are and that’s why we’ve brought in other players, to fill the gap and do the best we can».

For the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv: “As you said, they are the number one team in offensive rebounding in the Euroleague. As you know they have a lot of American players, who have athletic ability. They open the scoring, they play well, they have the same coach for quite some time now and they know the way they play. They are also going through difficulties based on what is happening in their country and where they are training and where they are playing. But they have a lot of talent as a team and their standings show it. We won with a plan in Belgrade and we must stay true to that plan tomorrow as well».