The fact that they face Zalgiris (15/3, 20:00) before the derby with Panathinaikos is not a good timing for Olympiakos, as the coach of the “red and whites” stated. George Bartzokas.
In detail what he stated:
– For the match with Zalgiris: “Zalgiris has been playing very well lately. He has won four of the last five games, with very convincing performances. They play very hard in defense and with great motivation, completely opposite to their scoring position. But, as I said a few days ago, all teams that do not have scoring goals have quality, good coaches, good players and a willingness to play. Also, some injured have returned and are now playing very well. “It’s self-evident, they easily beat Real there, they also beat Barcelona, so you understand the magnitude of the difficulty of the game.”
– On whether he considers the timing to be good, given that the derby with Panathinaikos follows (17/3): “No, I do not think it is good, because the matches with Panathinaikos are always special. But we have five games ahead of us and of these we only have to look at the first. I try to convince everyone that this is the important thing. From the video that our players saw, they understood that Zalgiris plays very hard. It puts a lot of pressure on the defense. Lovern’s return has made things more rational in terms of how they play. It will be a very difficult match “.
– What should Olympiacos pay attention to: “We have to beat the toughness they play. This is the first. If you do not do this, if you go to play only with the talent and the offensive part of the game, you are out of luck. “You have to be on the same level of toughness.”
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