In high spirits and boosted by an important comeback, Mr Olympic faces away from home Valencia (8/2, 21:30), for its 26th matchday Euroleague.
The “red and white” are in 14-11while from the “bats” in 13-12. In the first round match, the Spanish team prevailed 63-56 in SEF. Yes, his players Giorgos Bartzokas they want to break this year’s… curse with opponents from the country of the Iberian Peninsula, as only home and away losses count!
Olympiacos traveled to Valencia, having ended the previous EuroLeague “devil’s week” unbeaten with Alba Berlin (within) and Bayern Munich (away), counting a total of four consecutive victories, in all competitions. His last game was in Patras with Prometheuswhom the “red and white” defeated 81-57for the Stoiximan Basket League.
As far as the competitive part is concerned, Giorgos Bartzokas has a very good one to smile about. And that’s because, as usual, he followed the mission Mustafa Fal, who is expected to get some minutes against the Bats, returning to action after three weeks. He will also be available Nigel Williams-Gosswho did not fight against Prometheus, with Nikola Milutinov to be the only absence.
On the other hand, Valencia had one loss and one win in the double week. First, his team Alex Moubro was defeated 82-64 by Red Star in Belgrade, but then came through in emphatic fashion in Berlin, winning comfortably 81-66 the tail Alba. However, for the “bats” another huge “double” followed. In the Spanish league, Valencia faced them Barcelonaprevailing 79-76inside the “Palau Blaugrana”.
However, Valencia will have two important absences in the front line against Olympiakos. In addition to the matchup, the two centers will be Brandon Davis and Boubacar Toure.
Finally, the Piraeus team maintains an excellent tradition in “Fodeta”, as they have never lost. In particular, the “red and white” have faced seven times Valencia at home and in all of them they have left with the victory!
Yes, to honor the memory of the 21 victims of Thira 7 on the day of the black anniversary of 1981, the players of Giorgos Bartzokas they will wear the black looks.
The referees of the match will be Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Saša Pukl (Slovenia) and Gitis Vilius (Lithuania).
Source: Sport Fm
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