Bartzokas: “Gos is at risk of playing – Decision of Petrusev who was pushing to go to Red Star”

At noon on Thursday, Mr Olympic left “El. Venizelos” bound for Germany and Munich, where tomorrow (25/10, 21:45), he will face Bayern, in the context of the 5th matchday of the Euroleague.

Speaking to the journalists, the coach of the “red and whites”, George Bartzokas, he referred to the difficulties that the match with the Bavarians hides, while he also spoke about his competitive readiness Nigel Williams-Goss.

At the same time, asked about his concession Philip Petrushev in the form of a loan to Red Star, he stated that it was the player’s decision, who was pushing to play for the Serbian club.

@sporfm946 Giorgos Bartzokas spoke about the elements that Olympiacos should pay attention to ahead of the battle with Bayern, he mentioned the presence of Williams Goss, but also the departure of Filip Petrusev from the “red and whites”. #sporfm #euroleague #olympiacos ? original sound – sporfm946

Giorgos Bartzokas’ statements in detail:



For the game against Bayern: “Bayern is a team that scores over 100 points on average at home. They are currently the top team in points production and points in transition. So we have to control the pace, we have to not make rash decisions, not let her play her run and gun game. These are important factors to win the match

It’s a dangerous game. Defensively we were very average in the game against Efes. We need to improve defensively, in the areas of the game that we are lacking at the moment such as rebounding and defensive transition. These are things that we work on in training, while the addition of other players who are coming slowly helps us and will help us.”

On whether Williams-Goss is ready to play: “No, he’s not ready because he only did one team training session today, so it’s too risky to put him in one training session. He’s coming with us because we’re going with a charter, we’ll train there the day after the match ahead of Sunday’s game (vs. Panathinaikos)”.

On Petrushev’s loan to Red Star: “I wish him the best of luck. It was his own will, because he believes that he will have a more important role and time at Red Star and he was pushing in this direction and at this moment it was done.”

Bayern apotheosis of Vezenkov: “Tomorrow we are waiting for the superstar of the Euroleague”!

One day before the game, the Bavarians deified the “red and white” and Sasha Vezenkov via social media!

Specifically, they emphasized that Giorgos Bartzokas’ team is the favorite to win the Euroleague, while, on the other hand, they described the Bulgarian forward as the superstar of the competition!

“Tomorrow we are waiting for the superstar of the Euroleague, Sasha Vezenkov, and his teammates from Olympiakos at the “SAP Garden””, says the tweet of the Bavarians, which is combined with the preview of the match, which is titled: “A Greek night against the favorite Olympiakos”!