Papanikolaou: “Let’s fight to make the world proud and get the important victory”

Olympiacos is ready for his away match with Paris (5/2, 21:30) for the 25th Euroleague match, with Kostas Papanikolaou make statements as the “reds” departure for the French capital.

The Piraeus leader stood that he and his teammates had to work harder to cover the important absences of Wokap and Vildosa, stressing that Olympiacos had to control the rebounds and fight to make the world proud to travel to Paris to watch his favorite team up close!

In detail what the Olympic leader said:



“We play with a team that is very special in its way of playing. As far as our absences are concerned, all groups have at times have to deal with issues at times. We need to do a better job to fill the gap of the two children (Vildosa and Wocap).

It is a special game, against a very special way of playing that requires a very high concentration. One of the key pieces we saw and compared to the first game is rebounds. We need to check this area. In the first match we lost a lot of rebounds, a lot of offensive. It is a “battle” that must be given to the parquet, to be concentrated, to take our energy and to do our best. “.

For the world of Olympiacos that will give a thunderous “present”: “Clearly having so many people on your side and just that someone goes into the process of making such a journey, in a city I imagine is not the cheapest journey to make, it is a reason to be more concentrated to give you This world is the pleasure of seeing what he wants to see from the team. To fight the team to make the world proud and get a major victory ».

As to whether they think about Playoffs’ scenario scenarios: “Inside the locker rooms can be said, we may say something, but all this is superficial, we do not go into the process of sitting down to count games. Calculations are made, because you definitely want the home advantage, but not to say that we have to get this game, we can lose that game.

We play every game to win, we play every game to make our best, because when you go to do such things you can lose your rhythm, you can go out of goals, you can spoil your mind and only bad and harmful can be for the team. So you go every game to win and in the end you see what it has brought ».

Whether the Parisians have suggested places to visit: “I think Paris is the easiest city, that is, you go out a walk, you will fall somewhere, you will see something, I don’t think you need a tip. It is a city that has history, it has attractions, it has many places, but for us our work is different. “.