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The national anniversary of Olympiacos, do it again like 1999

Olympiacos plays the second match point on French soil and Vassilis Skountis puts it in front of his mirror.

About five hundred kilometers separate Monaco from Lyon, but the distance is actually much longer. On the one hand the principality, the luxury of Monte Carlo and the aura of the French Riviera and on the other hand the atmosphere of the working-class city.

On one side Monaco and on the other Villeurbanne, in this tour that took place in Olympiakos and within 48 hours makes him speak the language of Victor Hugo!

I consciously refer to the great French writer as he was a great philhellene and is considered the most consistent supporter of the newly created Greek state after praising the 1821 revolution, the anniversary of which we are celebrating today, but it is not the only one …

Olympiacos also has such a national anniversary, which I reserve for the following.

The Wretches by Hugo and the wrench

So the meaning of today’s fight fits its meaning 25ης The people of Piraeus don’t want to be like the heroes from Hugo’s masterpiece in March…

In other words, don’t be unhappy tonight!

I guess it won’t be, I’m sure of it, because, damn it, I don’t cut them so masochistically that they throw in the trash and the second wrench: this match they have on hand to fix that lock down home-field advantage to the playoffs they’ve been craving for four years…

Of course then (season 2017-18) the quilt around which all the quarreling is not warming them, because they fell on their wild evil demons from Kaunas and were left naked and naked!

Oh, and let’s not forget: Zalgiris’ bench was filled with the guy Piraeus will meet at home next Friday, where they will host Barcelona in the final game of the regular season…

Sara, Barcelona and the suns of Europe

He goes on to say of the team that justifiably boasts of playing the best, most effective and most compelling basketball in the Euroleague right now…

Similarly, the Catalans are the European copy of the Phoenix Suns, too bad none of them will win the league!

Don’t pay attention to the latter, she’s an idiot holding on to me, although I dare say Barcelona have more chances than Phoenix of ascending the throne.

The blue flowers and common mortals

Olympiacos failed in his attempt to conquer the Principality and while in search of wool came out shaved at the end of the forced night…

Or rather – to put things in their more familiar setting – has gone blue blood and turned out to be a mere mortal!

Unlike Monaco, who suffered as much damage as any other team from the Russians’ expulsion but still held up eighth place with their claw and teeth, Villeurbanne were taken by the devil and lifted!

Eli Okobo’s absence cost her a lot of money and she suffered eight straight defeats in two months before bouncing back in Kaunas the day before yesterday.

Now ASVEL is at 13the Position and is indifferent, but that makes it much more dangerous, especially since Olympiacos is on an ordered duty from which it has no right to deviate…

I’m writing this because if he had the opportunity to finish a job tonight, it would be a crime to leave it a week later…

And at the end of writing, let him clean the French laundry tonight so that the hoarseness of the quartet goes away and Barcelona can wait…

The Scottish shower in the city

Last night was a Scottish shiver for Olympiakos, who played on both sides of the moon in the same game: they benefited from Efes’ defeat and suffered from Armani Milano’s win.

In this rowdy life you can’t have it all on your own: the Lombards (whom he boasts of by winning the two matches between them) are upon him and it’s up to him not to let the Turks snag his fourth place.

It is also up to him to confirm the old attack of Lazaro Lecic, which affected him indirectly but clearly in the 1991/92 season.

The lion and the “ninja” fox

The (then trainer of Aris) “Ninja” had left spikes for PAOK’s defeat of Olympiakos and said that “to become a king of the jungle he must kill the lion, but PAOK chose to kill the fox” !

Why am I writing this and what does this have to do with what is happening?

Because if Olympiacos wants to return to the Final Four (after five years) and lift the title, they will have to kill the Euroleague king, barring a shocking upset.

The king who is also called Sultan!

I’m up front now because Olympiacos need another win to finish the job, there are just two intriguing elements here…

Lost Belgrade and sorority candy

One has to do with the travel destination Belgrade, which went off the red radar four years ago in the series starring Zalgiris….

The second concerns the very serious possibility that the good for Piraeus and the tasting of the oriental sweets will taste good, as happened in 2013 and 2017 when they qualified for the Final Four and knocked Efes 3-2 on the canvas, actually The second time they had their backs against the wall, but came back from 1:2.

But I’ll paraphrase it to avoid misunderstanding: The closer the playoffs are, the further they are!

Last night Olympiakos failed in his business and left the principality tail in his legs, but today he can prove that pear has the tail behind him!

At 10-5 these are present and the 1999 anniversary

Here’s the last thing that can give the red-whites the necessary three-dimensional backdrop to their optimism ahead of today’s test at Tony Parker’s hideout.

Olympiacos have the lion’s share against Villeurbanne with ten wins in 15 games.
One of the prisoners…

Secondly, in his last visit to Astroballe on January 21, 2021, after a satisfactory and spectacular performance, he won 101-93, having two players as siege rams present in Monaco the day before yesterday: Costas Sloukas (23 points, 6 assists) . ) and Sakiel McKissick (23p., 2r., 3as., 1cl.).

Third, Olympiakos qualified for the Final Four at this stadium, just like today!!!

The diary shows March 25, 1999, when he went through fire and iron from Lyon 48 hours after his 70-57 win over Villeurbanne at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and was in the second round of the playoffs (after the 2-0 previous). 2-0 against Varese) and booked a ticket to Munich.

In today’s anniversary match, Olympiakos prevailed 81-77, with first fiddlers Arian Komazets (23p, 7r), Dragan Tarlach (16-4), Anthony Goldwire (15-3-5) and Milan Tomic ( 12-3-6).

Johnny Rogers (9), Dimitris Papanikolaou (4), Arsen Ante Mensa (2), Panagiotis Fasoulas and Fabricio Oberto also played.

For its part, Villeurbanne matched Darren Henry (29) while in his squad there were three players who played in Greece: Delaney Rand (PAOK), Jim Bilba (AEK) and Alain Digbe (Kavala).

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Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

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Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

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

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

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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“.



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

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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.

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