The big time arrived for him Olympic! His team George Bardzokaafter a dreamy season, which found him at the top of the Euroleague Regular Season, will face tonight (21:00, Sport-fm.gr, BWINSPOR FM 94.6, Novasports Prime) Monaco of Vasilis Spanoulis, in the second semifinal of the Final Four of Abu Dhabi!
The “reds” finished this year for the second time in their history at the top of the regular season – first from the 2022/23 season – with a record 24-10 and now have Aiming to… exorcise the curse of the first and reaching the heavy trophy. In the playoffs, the Piraeusans excluded with relative comfort the Real Madrid with 3-1 wins, taking advantage of their advantage with 2/2 on the Faliro stadium.
A success that brought Olympiacos for the fourth consecutive season at the top European celebration of European basketball, even giving the “present” to a Final Four for the 14th time in its history!
The goal of the team is nothing more than to confirm the – albeit marginal – title of the favorite, “label” that has been stuck with all opponents in the current season, and to conquer the 4th European Trophy of its Historyin a year where the club Complete 100 years of life!
On the other side, Monaco gives “present” to a Final Four for the second time, With fate bringing them so that it falls on Olympiacos again in the semifinals of the competition! Her maiden participation in the four was the 2022/23 season when they got to know him Block with a score of 76-62thanks to the mythical third quarter of the “reds” with the unforgettable September 27-2 at that time!
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As for this year’s course in the event, the Principality’s team completed the regular season In the 4th place with a record of 21-13, then taking the ticket for the Final Four after a huge battle In the playoffs against Barcelona (3-2 wins).
Central face of course the semifinals is none other than Vasilis Spanoulis, who is called upon to face in such a key match of his team and his coaching career, The team in which he became a legend and wrote his name in golden letters in the history of European basketball.
In the racing now, the George Bardzokas and his associates are in a pleasant position have all players – except of course the absent of the season, China Evans – available, This results in the best of the best possible 12. The same applies to the Monegasus, who will have All “ready war”.
Referees of the match were defined the Ilia Belosevic (Serbia), Emilio Perez (Spain) and Milan Nedovic (Slovenia).
Prehistory
Olympiacos and Monaco coexist just four seasons in the Euroleague but already have Cattered 14 times and have seven wins. However, Piraeus has smiled at the two big appointments of the teams, the 2022 playoffs and the Final 4 of 2023.
In detail the results:
2021/22: Olympiacos-Monaco 86-65 (Can. Period)
2021/22: Monaco-Olympiacos 92-72 (Can. Period)
2021/22: Olympiacos-Monaco 71-54 (Playoffs Game 1)
2021/22: Olympiacos-Monaco 72-96 (Playoffs Game 2)
2021/22: Monaco-Olympic 83-87 (Playoffs Game 3)
2021/22: Monaco-Olympic 78-77 (Playoffs Game 4)
2021/22: Olympiacos-Monaco 94-88 (Playoffs Game 5)
2022/23: Olympiacos-Monaco 76-81 (Can. Period)
2022/23: Monaco-Olympiacos 64-60 (Can. Period)
2022/23: Olympiacos-Monaco 76-62 (Hmmm Final 4)
2023/24: Monaco-Olympic 85-77 (Canon period)
2023/24: Olympiacos-Monaco 75-73 (Can. Period)
2024/25: Monaco-Olympic 80-89 (Canon period)
2024/25: Olympiacos-Monaco 77-80 (Can. Period)
Source: Sport Fm
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