Angelopoulos: “Olympiacos is a global phenomenon – Proud and justified”

Overjoyed, proud and justified for her qualification of Olympiakos to the Final 4 they stated Panagiotis and George Angelopouloswhile they avoided answering if they would like a Greek final with Panathinaikos in Berlin.

Panagiotis Angelopoulos: “We make history with the third series Final. We are proud and justified, we are going for a big battle with Real. Obviously we haven’t had enough. I don’t think history owes us anything. The point is to come out with a knife in our teeth and beat Real. We broke the lead in the fifth match, which happened today for the first time. We have not fully realized what we have achieved. Confidence in the coach is a given. We had injuries, we took three players and all the players contributed to this demarcation we made in the second round of the Euroleague».

As for whether he would like Panathinaikos to be his opponent in the final, he said:I will stick to the fact that we have to face Real in the semi-final».

George Angelopoulos: “It’s a terrific achievement, congratulations to the whole team. It is a vindication of the efforts we make for Olympiakos, amidst adversity. After the decision of our life until the end, Olympiacos is first. It’s a shocking thing. In the fifth match, no team had played away from home until today, traditions are meant to be broken. We deserve it, we’ve shown incredible durability. Very important players, first level, legends left and Olympiacos remains at the top. That says something about the club. When the results justify you, you are happy. We had confidence in the coach. Olympiacos on January 12th was ninth, since then there has been an amazing counter-attack, we have won almost all the games. We had faith, moves were made and what is required for the team is done. We have our own way, Olympiacos is a global phenomenon. We’ve been to 9 Final 4s with the new system, our way».

As for whether he would like Panathinaikos to be his opponent in the final, he said:The president of Barcelona congratulated us. Rivalry is welcome, but not toxicity. You’ve all seen what’s been going on lately. When you play a semi-final against last year’s champion, you can’t talk about the final».