The first of the five matches that he will give away from SEF in the next six Euroleague games he gives tonight (19:00, bwinΣΠΟΡ Fm 94,6, sportfm.gr and Novasports Prime) The Olympic, with opponent Zenith in St. Petersburg.
After 6/6 at SEF, the “red and whites” want to redeem their good image on the floor and with dominance away from home, to continue at the same good pace in order to qualify for the playoffs of the tournament. After two defeats in detail by Barcelona and more easily by CSKA in Barcelona and Moscow respectively, his players George Bartzokas aspire to pass victoriously through Russia. A victory that, if achieved, will be of great importance, as the team of Xavi Pascual, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos and Manos Papadopoulos, has the same goal.
The participation in octave, having started with one victory less, and a record of 5-3. Zenit is a very high quality and well-structured team, which has only been defeated at home by Real Madrid. He is much more serious than last year in St. Petersburg, although the main guard of the team, Sabaz Napier, is still absent due to injury. Ponitka, Frankamp, Lloyd and Baron have pulled the oar, however, while the front line with Mickey, Poitres, Gudaitis, Zumbkov and Kuzminskas is more than complete.
The Greek team traveled yesterday on a charter without the slightest absence, as his sprain Mustafa Fal he was not serious and trained normally for the last two or three days. The second best defense (Olympiakos with an average of 70.8 points) is facing the 6th (Zenit with 71.6) and logic says that a lot will be judged for both in the back, in their accuracy from a distance, in the control of the rhythm , but also in rebounds.
Referees of today’s match are Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Milos Koliencic (Montenegro) and Sinan Isguder (Turkey).
In a level delivery, tonight is the fifth match between the two teams in the Euroleague. Both have two wins, while in the games played in Russia, they have one win. The characteristic is that in the maiden participation of Zenit in the 2019/20 season, they won both games between them and Olympiakos responded with the same coin last year. In a friendly given by the two teams in Cyprus in September, Olympiakos prevailed 88-65.
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