The epic titanic battle of last year’s playoffs Euroleague revives in OAKA for the 9th matchday of the Euroleague! In a “remake” of last season’s sensational series, Panathinaikos hosts the Maccabi Tel Aviv (21:15, Novasports Prime, sport-fm.gr, bwinSPORT FM) in the first match of the 3rd “devil’s week” of this season.
The “greens” after the defeat by Olympiakos, “fell” to 5-3 record and they are looking for a demarcation, both for psychological reasons, as well as in order not to lose contact with the top of the standings, in view of the difficult test of Friday (11/15) in Bologna against Virtues. The “clover”, wants to leave behind the defeat to the “eternal” rival and turn the… button, remembering the excellent performances that preceded it and created a further euphoria in the team.
After all, this particular test is quite strong, against a fairly tough and quality team that so far this season has created a lot of problems for the “big ones”, such as Real Madrid and Efeswhile he defeated her, albeit with difficulty Villerban.
In the competitive part, Ergin Atamanin the end he will be on the bench, as everything seems to be, after the virus that afflicted him. In fact, the Turkish coach announced that he will be 90% available for the match and Kostas Sloukas. The Panathinaikos captain struggled with a shoulder injury and missed the league match against Peristeri, but his participation in the team’s last training session opened the door for him to take part in tonight’s game. On the contrary, he will remain out Marius Grigonis with the problem in the middle, but also o Costas Antetokounmpo who has knee problems but is expected to return soon.
Important for Panathinaikos, as mentioned by Jerian Grant in his statements on the eve of the match is to limit the creation of the Israelis.
On the other side, Maccabi, which does not impress, but is always a predictable and dangerous team. The “people’s team” is at 3-5, fighting, however, all games. The only absentee for Oded Katas, Hasiel Rivero, who was injured in the match against Virtus in which the Israelis lost by a score 84-77.
It should be noted that the three referees of the match will be Mehdi Difala, Carlos Cortes, Maxim Buber.
Source: Sport Fm
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