THE George Bartzokas not satisfied with yesterday big victory of Olympiakos over Barcelona (75-77) and emphasizes that the series still has a long way to go.
“From the beginning our philosophy is that we see every game in front of us. Series are long, unpredictable and there are twists and turns, as experience and history have shown. We have to focus on Friday’s game and do everything we can to win. We are not a travel club to say that the trip is a success. Our goal is to go to the Final 4. We don’t want to be complacent. We know how difficult it is, as it was yesterday. To win you have to be very focused, Barcelona have a lot of quality. The win yesterday will mean nothing if it is not accompanied by a Final 4 qualification“, emphasized the coach of Piraeus on the sidelines of the training that took place in a closed field about 8 kilometers away from the center of Barcelona.
As for the fact that he used all twelve players at his disposal yesterday, he said:All year we have been trying to do this, injuries have not let us manage the situation as we would like. Now only Papanikolaou is out of the rotation. I don’t know if it was a surprise to some that Luke played 17 minutes, but he has experience at this level, in training he was very good and I had no reason not to trust him. We have been in this group for 4.5 years and we have imposed some principles, which say that everyone is useful. We always deal with the players who don’t play a lot and they often help us, both in the league and in Europe. There is enthusiasm from everyone and everyone wants to contribute a lot».
Source: Sport Fm
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