Euro League
Are you Olympiakos, do you find them dark and so indulge yourself? Unacceptable …
Tragic second half, unnecessary fights and above all, as Pantelis Diamantopoulos writes, a team that went to Yad Eliaou to win and not only gave up in the second half without being able to look Maccabi in the eye, but also played worse than in the game with Fener.
The image of Olympiacos was tolerable in the first part and heartbreaking in the second. The trip to Tel Aviv was a failure. There are excuses like there are for all teams in the world in all sports. Unfortunately, the coronavirus has imposed its own law. But that has to do with every sport alone. Covid does not set its own rules for how a team should behave. It doesn’t hide trainers, nor does it force players to play in koutourou. These occur when there is no stability and calm. Maccabi is way behind in points but they wanted the win for many reasons. And he took them because he deserved them and chased them furiously. And it made Olympiacos look worse than they did in the city against Fener. This requires a lot of effort to achieve.
So let’s turn the story on its head and talk about the miserable second half. Yes, the numbers justify Maccabi and expose Olympiakos. But it all happened for some reason. It was a bad night for Bartzokas and the players. What bothered me the most was that once the team started taking the… crooked road, they couldn’t press well again. One blamed the other and all together their trainer. But that’s not a picture. And almost everyone was attracted to…nothing. Thinking Sloukas, who has an alpha experience, got to the point of giving the ball and didn’t have it. I’m not writing about Printezis because he came in at the end when everything was being judged and while he was having a good second period.
They’ll say, “Uh, how many do you want to play?” I understand it’s not easy. But it’s easy to see some things. Woookup had a football performance. Larentzaki is the same. Dorsey was practically out of the game from fouls but never found a rhythm. Even Fal can’t be everything in the racket. Martin and Jean Charles became “a pill” of Sfeiropoulos’ great men. For some reason, Vezenkov stopped filming, which he did long before the holidays. But I won’t sit down to spend time on the basketball side because the cameras “captured” grimaces. And that’s even worse. And yes, McKissick’s ear (although he was good in the first part) is not bad for someone to pull, as instead of going to free Vezenkov he decided to … pipe. And then he “put it down” with his teammate, who was also groaning badly (because he just wouldn’t get his right).
Olympiacos lost a game. What he shouldn’t lose is his composure. Don’t have a match, ok. They never said they would win the Euroleague. But they themselves, who played well in many games, raised expectations. And they can definitely do better. Also, it’s definitely not possible for them to play a maddeningly bad game for the third year in a row. And with carbon behavior. The same in the city with Fener. Bartzokas just left early and didn’t live to see it. Well, now he saw the whole project and couldn’t change the script.
So in the second part everything was wrong. Defense, Balance, Aim. Even when some people tried to advance, they were shocked at how the opponent treated them and stopped their coughing. No team behavior in Maccabi Defense. No idea. No freshness. No atmosphere. No consistency. Have the unemployed gone? No. Blaze? No. For me, being crushed by the opponent and accepting it is worse. And get angry. And throw it in the Tourloubouki. How much worse 20 minutes can the team make? I do not think so…
What happened in the first half? It was too late for the…locomotive to move on. And it wasn’t so much the Israelis’ defense as an unpredictable tremor and a small repeat of a mispass. Even well made buns were spoiled at the last minute. Maccabi got a small difference but it was Papanikolaou who kept his team and didn’t bring down Yad Eliaou. Because as you know (even those who aren’t basketball fans), when this court… falls, it’s difficult to straighten it out afterwards. So Kostas came in ‘hot’ and when his teammates were scared he put the first trouble in Sfeiropoulos. Of course, those were the last difficulties for Giannis, who also needed the victory to calm down from the whining of the always demanding Israelis.
The biggest problem for Bartzokas (who can imagine what’s to come?) was a…lot of fouls for several of his players, but the good thing was that he got a lot of things from the guys coming off the bench. McKissick came in angry. And there his fortune remained, then the … demonstrations began! The same Printezis came back just as the game was over. And all of Olympiacos had to deal with Zizic. Difficult condition? It depends. The tall Israeli threatened change and was taken advantage of by his team-mates. Surprisingly for this year’s image, the “people’s team” finished the 20th minute with more assists than Olympiacos, which is good in this area.
In general, we all knew that this match would not be cleaned up and would not be decided early. Maccabi didn’t have a good December and after that… the coronavirus also spread. They’ve all had time to gather in Euroleague games, but maybe Olympiakos have a crazy rhythm? So the details and the defense were important. The hosts only had three errors at half-time and that was the second “key”. The first, as I explained to you, was that they fed Zizic well. However, the very best came in the second part, as I described to you with the miserable image of a team that is in no way this real person.
The game is over. Olympiacos, who showed themselves so well, made 15 mistakes. Maccabi, who had a picture of Koulouvachata, finished in bouts with pressure and stress with 4 !!! So what else should I write? Or rather yes, there is something very serious. and in my opinion it weighs on everyone. It is not possible to surrender like this. And I’m not arguing about it. There is no excuse. It was on their faces. Mostly as if there was no hope, as if no further effort was needed. And that’s the worst. Because no matter how a match goes, even if you lose it, if you fought, you can talk about it differently after the loss.
The “red-whites” beat Panathinaikos before Christmas and since then it is true that the coronavirus shook them … in the air. And program and training and image. But that is a great truth, only time will tell. Bartzokas and the players have to deal with everything else…
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
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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