Bartzokas: “We are not close to a player, we haven’t identified anything yet”

Less than two 24 hours after losing to Paris, Olympiacos showed seriousness in Rhodes against Kolossos, taking a comfortable 88-73 victory.

After the match, Giorgos Bartzokas talked about the great fatigue of his team due to the heavy schedule, he mentioned the young Stefanos Spartalis who scored his first basket, while he also commented on the team’s search for a tall player to fill his void Moses Wrightemphasizing that no player is close yet.

In detail what he said:

For the victory over Colossus: “There is nothing to say. We secured an early lead and in the end we were walking. But I understand guys. It was the fourth game we have played from Sunday to Sunday, with a lot of pressure and tension. We tried to have some people play very little. Fournier didn’t even get a try, Vezhenkov didn’t play at all, because he’s exhausted from the antibiotic. We will try in the coming days to recover mentally, physically, mentally, in order to be ready for later.”

On whether Spartalis can help, like the new players of Olympiakos in football: “Yes, I’m very happy that Spartalis was able to help us, but we can’t compare football kids, they’ve won the Youth League. When ours get something similar, let’s talk about it.”

On whether Olympiacos is close to a player: “No we are not close to a player. We’re trying every day, we’re looking at players, we’re talking to the market, we’re gathering information, but at the moment we haven’t singled out anything.”

For the match with Red Star: “We have not engaged. With this load we had, let’s look for a player, let’s play 4 games. It is humanly impossible to deal with Astera’s game. The game is always very difficult, the atmosphere is, on the same field it is very difficult to play. We have to see who we will be, prepare ourselves. It’s a difficult time for us because of the injuries but this is our life.”