All ready to judge the first title of the year. Olympiacos and the Prometheus They are confronted with the closed Kallithea in Rhodes, in the big Super Cup final (20:00, ERT2, Sport-fm.gr, BWINSPOR FM 94.6).
The two teams secured their presence in the final yesterday, with the Patrons taking a great 84-70 victory over the AEK and Olympic to take the pink sheet against Heart.
Now, the ‘reds’ will claim the trophy for the fourth consecutive time, while the Prometheus He will look for his second title after 2020, participating for the third time in the final!
Olympic profile
‘Reds’ proceeded to reinforcement their roster in the summer, while maintaining the basic trunk of recent years. THE Olympic He supports a lot in his homogeneity while expecting that the additions will give the team features that will improve more.
The Nikola Milutinov, Evan Fournier and Giannoulis Larentzakis expanded their contracts and will form the basis of the team with their Thomas Wokap, Costa Papanikolaou, Tyler Dorsey, Alec Peters, Sakil Makisik and Seben Lee continuing since last year. In the same category it would be the Mustafa However, he has been in his recovery stage since last season.
On the other hand, the first ‘transcript’ is China Evans who, after a season, is expected to make his debut with the Piraeus at Stoiximan GBL. Of course, he is facing a problem that will keep him out of the sixth Super Cup, but is normally in Rhodes.
Olympiacos added to his roster the Homer Necipoglou (in AEK the last two racing years), Costas Antetokounbos (in Panathinaikos Aktor and Murcia last season) returning to Greece, American forward Tyson Ward (acquired by Paris) and his compatriot Donda Hall (fighting in Basconia). Last time transcript was that of the Frank Dikina From Partizan, but of course the Frenchman has not yet been incorporated into the team, so he is not counted for the Super Cup.
It also remains to be seen who will “cut” from the sixth of his foreigners George Bardzokas. In the semifinals, that was the McCill.
Prometheus’ profile
Her team Patras Found for another year in the top positions of the table, completing last year’s championship, in the 4th place. This summer renewed both on the bench and the club’s roster with average age It has been greatly reduced and many young men are called upon to take a leading role.
THE George Limniati replaced the Elias Papatheodorou And he is called upon to serve a plan that he knows well, and last year in Peristeri gave time and role to younger athletes.
From last year’s roster a total of five players continue, all under the age of 23, with the Nassos Bazina to have now been upgraded to team leader and Antonis Karagiannidis To fight as a loan from Olympiacos. Still remained the Floor, Lagios and Preka. Next to them will be their nearly peers, the coming from Peristeri Sotiris Stavrakopoulos (21 years) and Evdios Kapetakis (20 years old, last season in Karditsa and Sofades).
Beyond that, six, more experienced, Americans were acquired. The guard Kendal McCalum (by Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gun), the center Poles and the forward Jay Pi Matsura who were teammates last year in Treviso, Ruki Cental Coleman first coming to Europe, the guard Rob Gray that ended the season in Galatasaray and the “4ar” Litton Hammonds which has gone through several European championships.
The Super Cup program:
Friday 26 September
AEK-Promothea 70-84
Olympiacos-Karditsa
Saturday 27 September
20:00 Olympiacos-Promothea (ERT 2)
Source: Sport Fm
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