Olympiacos-Peristeri bwin: Remake of last year’s “Two Aorakia” final

Olympic and Pigeon bwin they throw themselves into his battle Final 8 of the Cup (18:00, COSMOTE SPORT 5, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247) in the third quarter final of the event held in Heraklion, Crete and in the closed “Dyo Aorakia”, looking for the ticket to the semi-finals, where they will meet the winner of the Prometheus-Panionios pair.

Although he struggled in his recent home matchup with Marousi, for the 18th game of the Stoiximan Basket League, he prevailed 93-87 and extended the series that “runs” in the championship and Euroleague, celebrating his sixth consecutive victory. So, he certified her good racing condition in which he has been for almost a month, wanting to take the first step towards winning the trophy for the third consecutive season.

“It’s a challenge for us, like every tournament that Olympiacos participates in, they have to go all the way and win, if possible. Peristeri is in good shape and this has been proven by the consecutive victories in the Greek league, but also by their European performances. They are a team that plays hard, they have principles in their game. If I’m not mistaken, he is 3rd in the standings. So based on this they are the third best team in Greece. Based on this, we will not have an easy task. We will have to try hard and under no circumstances should we think about what will happen after this match”the Olympiakos coach said ahead of the match, George Bartzokaswho will not have the injured person at his disposal Milutinovas well as them McKissick, Sikmawhom he chose to leave off the list.

On the other hand, the Pigeon bwin he comes into tonight’s quarter-final bearing his tag outsider, but he has found his footing lately and looks capable of giving the “red and whites” a hard time. They may have started with three defeats in as many games for the BCL Round of 16, but they have clearly improved their form after their mediocre start to the season, running five-game league winning streak. Last Sunday (11/2), it passed Lavrio with a comfortable double, with Mitrou-Long and Ragland as top scorers, while the change of Hunts by love on the roster, proves to be beneficial for Vassilis Spanoulis’ team.

“We are playing a knockout game against a very good team like Olympiacos. It is the second knockout game we play this year against Olympiakos. I think that in order to have enough chances to win such a match, you have to have a very good performance for 40 minutes. Don’t have any spaces. Because our base is the defense and all the positive results we got mainly through our defense, we have to start from there. Let’s play very good defense to all Olympiakos players. I hope we can have a very good offensive night so that we can increase our chances of a win against a very big opponent”the veteran said ahead of the match Vasilis Xanthopoulos.

The two teams had met in the final of last year’s Cup, almost a year ago in the same stadium, with Olympiacos celebrating the victory with an impressive 85-57 and winning the coveted trophy, while the “red and white” were the ones who smiled and the two times they faced Peristeri bwin for this season, winning 84-64 in Rhodes for the Super Cup and 87-74 in SEF for the first round of the championship.

Detailed match schedule and pairings up to the final:

Quarterfinals

15/2, 18:00 Panathinaikos AKTOR – AEK Betsson 79-72

15/2, 21:00 PAOK – Aris 74-76

16/2, 18:00 Olympiacos – Peristeri bwin (3)

16/2, 21:00 Prometheus Patras – Panionios (4)

Semifinals (17/2)

18:00 Panathinaikos-Aris (5)

21:00 Winner 3-Winner 4 (6)

Final (18/2)

19:00 Winner 5-Winner 6