Hard away mission to Belgrade for Olympiakos!
Piraeus face tonight (21:30, Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247. sport-fm.gr) Red Star in the “hot” Beogradska Arena for the 15th matchday of the Euroleague, looking for a very important “double” with which they will definitively leave behind the defeat of the previous week against Paris in the SEF.
In a game during which the “red and whites” showed themselves below the occasion, falling into the trap of the amazing French and chasing the score from its start, they found themselves as much as -20 (60-80) in the first minutes of the fourth period.
However, despite finding a way to get back in contention and take the lead after an improbable 22-0 run, they were unable to complete the epic upset, losing 96-90, falling to 9-5 and two wins short. away from the top of the standings. Last Sunday, he made a reaction, he showed up completely concentrated in Rhodes and prevailed with great comfort 88-73 against Kolossos, for the 9th matchday of the Stoiximan GBL.
As far as the competitions are concerned, Giorgos Bartzokas will not have the injured player at his disposal Falwith the “red and white” coach having to find again… emergency solutions for the “5” position, having Milutinov as the only tall player available, while Wright will be out for the rest of the season and Mensah has yet to declare for the EuroLeague. At the same time, he remains out of action Evanswho however is counting down for his return.
“Overcoming will be needed from players who will do things they are not used to doing. As we tried to respond against Paris at the end of the game. You can’t play 40 minutes at that pace. We have to cover the absence of a center in other ways. With different offensive and defensive formations and plays. I hope we do well, it’s definitely not an easy mission, but we’ll try”said ahead of the match o George Bartzokaswhile o Alec Peters added: “It takes a special effort from everyone. The conditions at the moment are with our team, everyone needs to step up. So hopefully we can go there and find a way to win away from home as well. This league is very difficult, wherever we go is a good opportunity for everyone.”.
On the other hand, Mr Red Star comes into tonight’s match having overcome their heavy loss in Milan to Armani, celebrating an away win against the other representative of Italian basketball in the Euroleague, Virtus Bologna.
In 10th place in the standings with a record 7-7his team Yannis Sfeiropoulou started the season strongly and with high expectations, but lately he has been facing several difficulties. Last Monday he comfortably overcame (88-78) the obstacle of Cibona, improving his record in the Adriatic League to 9-2.
In the competitions, the Greek coach will not have the newcomer at his disposal, John Brownas well as the injured Boloboi and Nedovic. “Olympiacos is built to go to the Final Four and win the Euroleague. We know he has quality, but we want to fight for the win in front of our fans. We have a difficult task ahead of us, but I expect the players to fight for every ball. I count on our tall players a lot. We have two of them and I expect them to be ready and fight. We and they have problems”he said ahead of tonight’s match.
For last season, Olympiacos had a difficult victory in both meetings between the two teams, 88-83 in SEF and 89-86 in the capital of Serbia.
The referees of the match will be Robert Lottermoser (Germany), Rain Pieranti (Estonia) and Edward Udyansky (Great Britain).
Source: Sport Fm
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