Although in the Euroleague you can never consider a game “passable” and easy, however, o Panathinaikos AKTOR he has a first-class opportunity in front of him tonight (21:15, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247, Novasport Prime) to celebrate his second consecutive victory in the competition.
Five days after the great double in Istanbul against Fenerbahce led by Kostas Slukasthe “greens”, welcome tonight at OAKA the Villerban for the 6th matchday of the Euroleague, with the objective of course being the pink match sheet and a good and convincing appearance in view of the second match that follows in the “devil’s week” with Red Star (01/11, 21:00) in Velidradi.
Whatever introversion there was in the previous period for the team’s competitive image, it was erased at once last week, after the victory over Fener was followed by the great double over the Olympiacos (71-78) for the Greek championship, with Ergin Ataman’s team performing by far its best performance this year!
Guided by these two performances, the European champions will be looking for tonight fourth win of the season which can raise them up to the 2nd place (in a multiple tie) of the competition. Opposite them they will find Villerbanwhich has a 2-3 record in the EuroLeague, now in 14th place in the standings. In the previous matchday, they were defeated very hard 90-83 by Barcelona at Palau Blaugrana, knowing the reversal in the last half of the fourth period. Away from home anyway… it loses, since it counts three defeats in the same number of matches in the institution, all with a difference of less than 8 points.
In the competition now, Panathinaikos is happy to count on all their players, as both Ioannis Papapetrou, who suffered from gastroenteritis, as well as Marius Grigoniswho was absent due to a muscle spasm in his back, overcame their problems and trained normally. At the same time, Omer Yurtseven, who was left out of the “eternal” derby, returns to the mission. On the other hand now, doubtful for the French are given the Paris Lee and Geoffrey Lauvergne.
Finally, in terms of tradition, the two teams have met ten times at Euroleague level, with Panathinaikos count count count 7 wins, the five most recent of which must be consecutive.
Source: Sport Fm
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