The return to “fire and iron” victories was celebrated on Friday night (10/31) by Olympicwho prevailed very hard with score 62-58 of Hapoel Tel Aviv at SEF for the 8th matchday of the Euroleague.
After the end of the match, George Bartzokas he repeatedly spoke about the pressure felt by his team and the fact that everyone needs to calm down, making special reference to the good defense of Piraeus and the fact that they held the best offense of the Euroleague to 58 points.
In detail what he said:
“We didn’t change anything tactically in the second half. We told the players to calm down, we are under a lot of pressure. It’s still October, we have the whole season ahead of us. Let’s calm down, let’s relax – there’s no need to have this pressure. We have to play our basketball.
Whenever we had patience and good execution, we found solutions. We have to go back to our basics, the fundamentals in defense. They scored four points in the third period and 19 in the second half. We held the best offense in the EuroLeague to 58 points – it’s a great achievement.
On the other hand, we were so nervous, we were shooting bad and some shots were just driving you crazy. We had a lot of pressure and we need to calm down.
What matters is winning. We have a lot to learn from this match, but any win against the Euroleague champions is something we value a lot».
Source: Sport Fm
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