Euro League

Olympiakos sees an advantage, the EuroLeague on a knife edge

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4 years ago

March 11, 2022

Jayden

Olympiakos sees an advantage, the EuroLeague on a knife edge

The loss to Efes leaves Olympiakos in a position of power for home advantage in the playoffs (it lives for third place too) as the battle for qualification begins with six teams claiming three places and a 14-15 win limit. See results and schedule through the end of the regular season

And the last are the first to preach the gospel. Bottom Zalgiris defeated champions Barcelona (5th loss this year) and the EuroLeague enters the home straight with bated breath. Olympiacos seems to have a big advantage for 4th place at least (it’s alive for 3rd place too) as Efes lost their second series of games away as they witnessed the fall of the all-important Monaco. In the remaining five or six games (seven in some cases), everything is scored in detail.

There will be a big fight to complete the octave with 14-15 wins being the goal. If we consider that the four champions plus Efes are not in danger due to the program, six teams will claim the three spots for the playoffs. Let’s take a closer look.

First the score

Barcelona 18-5
Real Madrid 17-6
Armani Milan 16-7
Olympiacos 15-8
Anantulous Efes 12-10
Bayern 12-10
Maccabi Tel Aviv 11-11
Red Star 11-12
Monaco 11-13
Fenerbahce 9-13
Alba Berlin 9-12
Basconia 9-15
Villeurbanne 7-16
Salgiris 7-16
Panathinaikos 6-16

Barça still have the advantage with an extra win for Real and beating the Madrilenians 2-0 for the first time, but they are not 100% sure they will win first place and the advantage over everyone in the finals. .

Barcelona won’t finish first if they get two losses behind the ‘queen’. It’s not easy because, but not entirely improbable.

The program of the Catalans: Red Star (18/3), Fener (25/3), Maccabi (8/4, home), Alba Berlin (22/3), Olympiacos (1/4, away)

However, Real, who beat Armani again in extra time, became the favorites for second place as they have one win ahead of the Italians, essentially two, as they are better in case of a draw against the Italians, which will have to overtake the Madrilenians get two extra wins. In a theoretical treble with Real, Milan and Olympiakos, the “Queen” has an advantage as it has a better margin (by one point) than the “Red-Whites”. The three teams can equalize the 19 or 20 wins in the remaining five games until the end of the regular season, with Real 2 or 3, Milan 3 or 4 and Olympiakos 4 or 5 wins.

In such triple tieReal are second, Olympiakos third and Armani fourth.

Real’s program includes home games against Villeurbanne (17/3), Bayern (7/4) and Efes (22/3), Maccabi (24/3) and Panathinaikos (31/3).

Olympiacos has a slight advantage

The situation between Armani and Olympiakos didn’t change as both lost. Milan still have a win advantage, Olympiacos are better in a draw, so if they win one more than the Italian team they will overtake them in the standings. Recall that the Olympiacos has to play also with Panathinaikos (17/3), Barcelona (1/4, home), Zalgiris (15/3), Monaco (23/3) and Villeurbanne (25/3, away). the Armani program includes Bayern (18/3) -Monaco (31/3) in Milan and Maccabi (22/3), Efes (24/3), Villeurbanne (7/4) away.

Efes suffered a second consecutive away defeat. After Vitoria, they lost (by a wide margin) to Monaco, remaining on 12 wins (and 10 losses). He may have a game more than Milan and Olympiacos but is three wins away from the ‘Red-Whites’ and four from the Italians.

That means, in order to pull the gap on Olympiacos, who still reigns supreme in fourth place, they need to win three more than the “Red-Whites” to measure the best point difference between the games. The chances are clearly in favor of the Greek team, which logically is not in danger with 3 wins

There is also a case of triple draws (out of 18 wins), with Efes 6/6, Olympiakos three wins and Armani Milan two wins. Then the “red and white” take advantage of the 2:0 against Armani and have another lead (3rd Olympiakos, 4th Efes, 5th Milan)

The program of Efes: Real (22/3), Milan (24/3), Bayern (29/3), Alba (1/4, At home), Zalgiris (17/3), Er.Asteras (7/4, away).

The big qualifier

However, Efes’ two defeats don’t make her as confident for 5th place as she had imagined ahead of the Vitoria and Monaco games. He couldn’t break away from Bayern, while both Maccabi and Monaco, who have 11 wins and… a favorable programme, are hoping to finish in the top eight, possibly in a very good position.

Three others (Er. Asteras, Alba and Fener) are still hoping to qualify in the end. Limit 14 wins or maybe 15? We will see!

THE Bavaria has 12-10, has benefited from the defeats of Efes as they stay level with the Turkish team, yet they face a very difficult program with only one game at home and five away! It has to make consecutive defections to follow Efes (4 games at home, regardless of going through a period of deformation). Essentially she will be fighting for her qualifications and aiming for 2-3 wins that will get her 15-13 and give her the ticket.

The Bayern program: Red Star (1/4, At home), Fener (15/3), Armani Milan (18/3), Panathinaikos (22/3), Efes (29/3) and Real Madrid (7/4, away)

Maccabi lost but is still in the qualifying round. The Israelis have 11-11 on their schedule, can pick up three or four wins in the remaining six games to go where qualification counts. Anything above that gives them something better than 8th place.

The Maccabi program: Armani Milan (22/3), Real Madrid (24/3), Villeurbanne (31/3), Fener (13/4, At home), Panathinaikos (29/3), Barcelona (8/4 away)

However, Asteras’ two big home wins (with Real and Maccabi) made the Serbs think about a double disadvantage qualification. They have five games left (one less than Bayern-Maccabi) and only one home game left (against Efes). They have to hunt big ducks, which is not easy for them. Your upper limit is the 14 wins …

The Red Star program: Effects (7/4, At home), Barcelona (18/3), Alba (25/3), Bayern (1/4), Zalgiris (3/4, away)

Monaco have lost four victories since the results with the Russian teams were annulled, yet they still seem determined to clinch the play-off ticket as far as possible. The impressive dominance over Efes shows its dynamism. She might only have four games left, but if she gets the three she has at home, she’ll hit 14 wins and make it through to qualifiers!

The Monaco program: Olympiakos (23/3), Baskonia (25/3), Alba (8/4) At home) Armani of Milan (31/3, away)

Let’s go to the teams that have 9 wins. It’s far away, but not out of the fight yet. Especially Alba, who still has seven games to play! Three away and four away. If he plays like Olympiacos, he can reach 14 wins. Difficult, but not impossible for the most likeable German team.

The Alba program: Barcelona (22/3), Red Star (25/3), Panathinaikos (6/4, home) Baskonia (18/3) Fener (29/3), Efes (1/4), Monaco (8/4)

Fener is also aiming for five wins (in six games), which is 9-13, and is crying out for the vote of Efes, who was in favor of not forgiving the Russian results (and that’s how Fener lost three wins). If she wins all three home games, she will have two more wins in the other three away in Istanbul.

Fener’s program: Bayern (15/3) Alba (29/3), Panathinaikos (8/4, At home), Basconia (22/3), Barcelona (25/3), Maccabi (13/4, away)

Basconia also has nine wins, but in 24 games, so only four games left. Even if he gets everything, he doesn’t catch the train.

Jayden

Hi, my name is Jayden James. I am a writer at Sportish, and I mostly cover sports news. I have been writing since high school and have been published in various magazines and newspapers. I also write book reviews for a website. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer and basketball.

Euro League

Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

Published

2 years ago

December 24, 2023

Kyle

Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.

“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!

Let the necessary recommendations be made…

One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…

Yusufa and Taco

The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…

There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!

Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!

The triple-double figure in Pylaia

He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!

At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!

To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!

Fasoulas and… Lumidis

In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.

To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!

Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.

He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.

Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.

Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green

Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.

On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.

He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.

From 0.8 to 8

Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…

The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.

Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!

What is the key quality a good blocker should have?

The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps

Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!

I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.

“Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.

“You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…

“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”

The spider web

Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.

From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!

Source: sport 24

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

Euro League

Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

Published

2 years ago

December 23, 2023

Kyle

Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.

Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.

The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.

Matias Lesor’s message in detail:

“Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.

Source: sport 24

Kyle

Euro League

The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

Published

2 years ago

December 23, 2023

Kyle

The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.

Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.

The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.

With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.

Source: sport 24

Kyle