He defeated one Spanish… giant, now he wants to do it again with the other one! Olympiacos welcomes to SEF the Barcelona (21:15, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, bwinSPOR FM 94.6) for its seventh matchday Euroleagueand second of the “devil’s week”.
The Reds bounced back from defeats in Munich and the derby of the ages, picking up their biggest result of the season as they showed their defensive prowess on the floor to beat 79-69 Real Madrid. The team’s goal is to continue this positive performance and repeat such a result against Barcelonaso as to certify its improvement with two great wins and keep SEF unscathed in the Euroleague.
On the other hand, the “Blaugranas” have entered the season very strongly and are at the top of the table with a record of 5-1. In the previous matchday they defeated away from home Effectswhile in general they count five consecutive pink sheets against Alba, Monaco, Red Star, Villerban and Efes, being unbeaten away from home. Its protagonist in these matches was the former “red and white” Kevin Panderwho is averaging 18.7 points on 48% 3-point range so far in the tournament.
“It’s always the same, all teams, all coaches have a way of handling things. And from a mental approach, yesterday’s game is over and tomorrow’s game is very demanding, against Barcelona who have won four in a row, are first in the standings, score a lot, are second in offensive collection of points, second in points from transition. If yesterday we controlled the pace with the execution we had in attack, tomorrow we have to do it even more”Giorgos Bartzokas said in his statements one day before the game.
As far as absences are concerned, Olympiacos does not face any problems, as Bartzokas has all the players at his disposal, except for Keenan Evanswhich is not yet calculated. For Barcelona, ​​he will be left out Nikos Laprovitolawho suffered a torn cruciate ligament and will likely miss the season, but also Joel Para with an ankle problem.
The game for the seventh matchday was appointed to be managed by Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Piotr Pastusiak (Poland) and Saso Petek (Slovenia).
The prehistory
Olympiacos and Barcelona count 45 meetings in the past. Of course, these are dominated by the two big finals 1997 in Rome with the “red and white” winners and the 2010 in Paris with the “Blaugrana” as winners. Also, the two teams had met in the 2012 semi-final in Polis, shortly before Piraeus’ second European Cup, but also in the 2015 playoffs, when Olympiacos had advanced to the Final 4 with Giorgos Printezis’ buzzer beater three-pointer. Of course, no one forgets last season’s playoffs, when Piraeus defeated Barcelona in Game 5 and advanced to the Final Four. The story in detail:
15/12/93: Barcelona-Olympic 73-69 (Round of 16)
16/02/94: Olympiacos-Barcelona 82-64 (Round of 16)
04/01/95: Olympiacos-Barcelona 99-78 (Round of 16)
23/02/95: Barcelona-Olympic 79-64 (Round of 16)
24/04/97: Olympiacos-Barcelona 73-58 (Final)
20/03/03: Barcelona-Olympic 80-77 (Top 16)
10/04/03: Olympiacos-Barcelona 55-58 (Top 16)
03/11/05: Barcelona-Olympic 86-70 (Regular Season)
12/22/05: Olympiacos-Barcelona 80-68 (Regular Season)
09/03/06: Barcelona-Olympic 76-72 (Top 16)
23/03/06: Olympiacos-Barcelona 67-74 (Top 16)
03/05/09: Olympiacos-Barcelona 79-95 (Mini Final)
09/05/10: Barcelona-Olympic 86-68 (Final)
11/05/12: Olympiacos-Barcelona 68-64 (Semifinal)
11/01/13: Barcelona-Olympic 76-68 (Top 16)
07/03/13: Olympiacos-Barcelona 77-90 (Top 16)
16/01/14: Olympiacos-Barcelona 72-81 (Top 16)
14/03/14: Barcelona-Olympic 70-58 (Top 16)
04/15/15: Barcelona-Olympic 73-57 (Play Offs)
04/17/15: Barcelona-Olympiacos 63-76 (Play Offs)
21/04/15: Olympiacos-Barcelona 73-71 (Play Offs)
23/04/15: Olympiacos-Barcelona 71-68 (Play Offs)
29/12/15: Olympiacos-Barcelona 74-62 (Top 16)
26/02/16: Barcelona-Olympic 82-66 (Top 16)
11/16/16: Olympiacos-Barcelona 59-52 (Regular Season)
12/01/17: Barcelona-Olympiacos 67-69 (Regular Season)
03/11/17: Barcelona-Olympiacos 73-51 (Regular Season)
15/03/18: Olympiacos-Barcelona 63-90 (Regular Season)
18/12/18: Barcelona-Olympic 60-69 (Regular Season)
31/01/19: Olympiacos-Barcelona 55-76 (Regular Season)
27/12/19: Barcelona-Olympic 90-80 (Regular Season)
08/12/20: Barcelona-Olympiacos 88-96 (Regular Season)
29/01/20: Olympiacos-Barcelona 74-76 (Regular Season)
13/10/21: Barcelona-Olympic 79-78 (Regular Season)
04/01/22: Olympiacos-Barcelona 73-66 (Regular Season)
21/05/22: Barcelona-Olympiaco 84-74 (Mini Final)
07/10/22: Barcelona-Olympic 70-80 (Regular Season)
07/03/23: Olympiacos-Barcelona 77-70 (Regular Season)
13/10/23: Olympiacos-Barcelona 68-77 (Regular Season)
10/01/24: Barcelona-Olympic 86-78 (Regular Season)
04/24/24: Barcelona-Olympiakos 75-77 (Play Offs)
26/04/24: Barcelona-Olympiacos 77-69 (Play Offs)
04/30/24: Olympiacos-Barcelona 80-82 (Play Offs)
02/05/24: Olympiacos-Barcelona 92-58 (Play Offs)
08/05/24: Barcelona-Olympiacos 59-63 (Play Offs)
Source: Sport Fm
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