Euro League
A song for the EuroLeague: And the boat came back alone, without the fisherman in it
Giannis Fileris recalls a lovely old song by Tonis Maroudas to describe the ridiculous occurrence of a one-game match in the EuroLeague.
Eight of the nine games of the 19th game of the Euroleague were postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus and the mutation “Omicron” that dominates from east to west. The last one was Barcelona-CSKA
And so he was left alone, like a flickering candle, the Armani Milano zenith, which at the moment has no topic and is expected to take place normally on Friday, January 7th.
In other words, we’re going to see the almost comically tragic event of a one-game game! One might reasonably ask, since the course of the pandemic has shown what would follow, what is the reason not to postpone the whole game, maybe another, so that most of the teams calm down a bit and the event doesn’t turn into a mess .
She’s not the only one, of course. The situation in the Premier League, the best league in the world, is reaching the limit of the fiasco, as the teams are being decimated by Covid-19 and, in combination with the Copa Africa, the question of reliability and real recording of the club’s dynamics the ranking. . The consequences of the other events on English soil are parallel, since the prime minister has a ten-day break.
Many NBA teams that activated contracts from the G League, and even veterans who took the opportunity to get back on the pro floor, have downloaded emergency compositions in the past.
However, there were no races with a match anywhere. This is where the EuroLeague, which just a few days ago organized a conference call for the teams on the subject of reducing the quarantine, made its debut in relation to vaccinated athletes who have contracted the coronavirus again. Couldn’t the team representatives put the question of postponing a game or two on the table?
Yet the issue was not officially addressed. We don’t know why, or rather, we can make a few assumptions.
- Some teams had already been postponed, meaning they knew they weren’t going to play anyway, so the subject didn’t bother them anyway.
- Others were certain they would not gamble due to the virus’ aggressive invasion, which was only a matter of time before infecting those who originally fled.
- And some would like to play since they had no cases so postponing the prospect of a comfortable win against opponents who only had eight players to play would not serve.
Certainly in this case (as in some others in the past) there was no longer term view and it was preferred not to even discuss the subject. Basically, of course, we don’t have a game as there is one game left as the remainder of the 19th game and this is added at the end of the day at the expense of the logic that prevailed in the organization.
It is actually believed that the Euroleague has slowly moved into a new era where teams play a more important role in decisions, there is no longer the power of one (Bertomeu) to … we can easily reload any sin either or passed.
A shift of 500 problems
But to be fair we have to say that for them EuroLeague Postponing a game is, we all believe, no easy task with two or three more bureaucratic measures. The exact opposite is the case. A single postponement brings a lot of trouble for the organizers.
The pressure on the appointments in the calendar is great. Yes, there is room for games that have been postponed or won’t be on time due to the virus, but it’s not … plentiful. There is corresponding pressure in the national leagues, which, like us, have in some cases decided to postpone entire games.
The day before yesterday Giannis Sfeiropoulos fought against the Israeli league, because Maccabi played three games in a row for the championship. THAT EuroLeague should find the free dates, not collide with the national competitions and above all ensure the existence of existing stadiums. Many of the arenas used in the Euroleague are not only used by the teams, as is the case with Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Other events are planned, so an extraordinary game should coincide with dates when there is nothing else.
Note that many of these events will be postponed, also due to the coronavirus, making it even more difficult to find dates for an available arena.
There is therefore a certain great difficulty that always pushes the organization with postponements and the logic prevailing is to “postpone only those that cannot be carried out”.
But that on Friday EuroLeague will only be a match, reminiscent of the text by Thanos Sofos from the old beautiful song by Toni Maroudas “and the boat came back alone, without the fisherman inside, empty without oars, out of the deep water” ΄
It was sung by the Belcado Trio …
Source: sport24
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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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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