Bartzokas: “To confirm that we are better than Alba”

The pitfalls that the confrontation with Alba hides for him Olympic pointed out George Bartzokas ahead of tomorrow’s match between the two teams at SEF for the 17th matchday of the Euroleague.

“The difficulty is that we are playing a second game in two days and a possible “underestimation” of an opponent who is low in the rating. Adapting to her way of playing is always an issue because she plays faster even than Paris, the numbers prove that even if you don’t set up some things offensively and defensively you get into a game that they are used to playing more good of you We would ideally like to execute well, do our job, take the game where it needs to go to win“, emphasized the coach of Piraeus.

When asked about the pace that Alba is playing and whether Olympiacos should follow it, he answered: “Every team has to play with their habits. We have some habits in how we play and how we train. If we suddenly enter a game and do things differently from what we are used to doing, the opponent, regardless of whether they have the same talent or less or more, becomes better than you. We have to impose the way we play. We play harder than them, with more contact both in defense and attack, we have to screen well, put them in trouble and of course confirm that we have better players, we have a better team. But of course I repeat in the Euroleague it is not prescribed from the beginning, it takes effort».