His women’s basketball team continues its obligations in the Euroleague Olympiakouwhich welcomes tonight (17:00, MEGA Play) the Zambini Brno in the main hall of the Stadium of Peace and Friendship, in the context of the 4th competitive event.
After completing the first round of the group stage, the “red and whites” are in last place in Group B with three defeats in as many matches. In the premiere, they were defeated 92-61 by their tonight’s opponent in the Czech Republic, while in the 2nd and 3rd matchday they suffered home defeats by Bourges (53-88) and Mersin (67-81) respectively.
Last Saturday, the team of Thanos Niklas returned to winning after four consecutive negative results in Greece and Europe, winning with typical comfort, 92-67 of Proteas Voulas for the championship. Eleanna Christinaki (19 points) and Ramona Hembe (17 points) were the leaders for Piraeus.
For tonight’s match, the Greek coach stated that the team can claim its first win in Europe this year: “Start of the second round. We are playing Zambini, with whom we had a difficult result away from home. They are a very good team, with a lot of energy, very fast, very athletic. Sure, we need to improve some things. In the game against Mersin, we worked at a fairly good intensity both offensively and defensively. Tomorrow, our communications in defense and our mood and physicality must be at a very high level, to be able to be competitive. We have some minor injury issues and we need to manage them. But, it is our daily life, it is something that we must take advantage of and through the difficulties, bring out a different face. So, tomorrow, we have to show up with a high level of concentration to claim everything we can from the game.”
Source: Sport Fm
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