Bartzokas: “Zalgiris has nothing to do with 3-4 months ago – Nobody knows what they will encounter after the break”

Olympiacos returns to its obligations for the Euroleague with a difficult game, as he faces the Zalgiris in Kaunas (01/03, 20:00) for the 27th matchday.

Shortly before the departure of the “red and white” at the airport, the George Bartzokas spoke to the team’s official channel about the great improvement shown by Zalgiris by Andrea Trinchieri on the bench, but also for the very unpredictable situation of all teams after the break.

In detail what he said:

For the formation of Zalgiris: “He is undoubtedly in fantastic form. In their last three home games they dominated Fener, Efes and Panathinaikos, beat Eryrthos Asteras away and generally show that they are a very good team. The point is after the break of 20 days for the Cups and the National teams, that at the moment no one knows what they will encounter, me personally neither for our team nor for the opponents. It’s been 20 days and that’s a long enough time to form new data.”

Regarding the fact that Olympiacos did not rest during the interruption due to the Cup and the National Team: “Three days after the Cup were important for us to rest, the adrenaline was running from our… ears after so many games. The internationals are in a different situation though, we lost Larentzakis and Mitrou-Long and that is something that hurts us in view of our obligations now, plus Goss is also missing from his previous injury. At the moment we believe in our team and that we are improving, we have played some good games. Zalgiris is a very strong team, aiming to enter the playoffs or play-ins and they are playing much better than 3-4 months ago, no one expects an easy game.”

On what has changed in the Lithuanian team: “She has diversified the rotation, she is very aggressive on the ball especially on her court and plays with great physicality. If you look at her last three winning games at home, the opponents basically never matched her aggression and contact in the game. We have to be ready, if you are not ready you lose”.