Bartzokas: “It is too early to draw conclusions about our dynamics at home and away”

Two 24 hours after the away defeat by Efes, the Olympic will host Maccabi Tel Aviv on Friday (19/11, 21:00) in the context of the 11th game of the Euroleague.

With his statements, the coach of the “red and whites”, George Baρτζώκας, referred to collapse of the team in the fourth period, but also in impending duel with the Israelis at SEF.

At the same time, he stood by the fact that the people of Piraeus have not yet celebrated away victory in the event, emphasizing that it is still early to come to a conclusion for what is the dynamic of the team away and at home.

The statements of George Bartzokas in detail:



For the game with Efes: “The perfectly logical explanation is that we stopped playing as a team. It spoiled our minds while, without having players on a particularly good day for three ten minutes, we were in the spirit of the game with our team game. In general, we left it in the last ten minutes. The quality of the opponent and something we have to analyze, as a result of which we are not competitive in the end, spoiled our minds. In a game that is difficult there anyway. We have to analyze some data, such as who we play with, under what conditions and so on “.



Whether there is an explanation for 0-4 away from home: “I fully respect the work of journalists, media, etc. I understand the situation. My position can not be other than to analyze each game separately, what we do right and what wrong. Now if it is a nice issue that Olympiacos has a record of 6-0 inside and 0-4 outside, it is an issue that some people tackle and it is convenient. I know that we have played away with three teams that played in the Final 4 last year and with Zenit which is a good team in which we had good and bad periods.

When we kept winning, I told you that the EuroLeague is very difficult. This is confirmed by the other results, Efes for example has a worse record than us. What I mean is that any analysis I make beyond the next game before us is wrong. We play away from home, at the Efes stadium which is a very good team, we control the game for three ten minutes and I have to stay in the technical part, in what we did not do well in the fourth. A good analysis you can do is compared to last year when the games were behind closed doors. Last year we had a very bad record inside but this year with our world we have much better. As well as away from home, the pressure that people put on you is different. In general, it is too early to conclude what our dynamics are outside and at home “.

For the game with Maccabi: “It’s a game with a lot of difficulty. Conditions and circumstances always play a role. They come from a winning game, we from a lost game. It is a team that has athleticism, is constantly improving and has several players with experience from this level. It is obvious that we have to play good peripheral defense to those who all see that they can score. As well as that we have to play a team game, like we played for three ten minutes yesterday. What we need to look at is our team play. Beyond that, if we have some of our important players on a good night, we can beat anyone. “But what every coach goes through is the team game.”

For the situation of Quincy Aisy: “I can not give percentages. It would be a cafe to tell you that it is so% ready. Physically, he is in good condition. He has worked individually but has to play 5-5 since the last game he played with Maccabi. He still does not know our tactics very well. We want him to play as fast as possible but it must be done in a smooth way “.

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