Euro League
Olympiakos played defence, ‘ate’ wood and lost because everything went wrong in the end
Olympiakos found his pulse again but couldn’t take the passion and wood of Real, losing a match that could have won and Pantelis Diamantopoulos writes about the comedy he sees with the top Vezenkov and the need for victory in Vitoria
And yes, Real Madrid scored 24 points in the first half and 51 in the second! It hit its home run, kept it undefeated at home and left Olympiakos with mixed feelings. Why am I writing this? Surely Piraeus played much better than in the recent past. But they have a lot to correct. We see things that don’t fit the logic and responsibility is shared as always. Of course nobody can… fight with you because you lost in Madrid. But when you play so carefully, when the defense gives you calm, it’s a sin not to be able to slow down the attack. Some have an explanation. But some others are not explained. Under no circumstance! The tip of the inexplicable? The best shooter of this team (by numbers) does not take the ball to shoot. You don’t give it to him. Clear. I will analyze it below.
On rugged paths …
Olympiakos showed their best defensive game of the year in the first half of the game in Madrid. Serious, measured, tight and no fun for puppies. Sending an offensive machine into their dressing room with only 24 (!) points is something exciting, impressive and last but not least exciting for the needs of the sport and such a game. Bartzokas used his squad as it should, changing even shapes, changing heights and letting the Spaniards lead to… rugged offensive paths.
The hypnosis of the “Queen” at the beginning of the match was exemplary. And the misfortune of Lasso’s team was that the main threat to Olympiacos was… Hertel. And I’m writing it like that because we’re talking about the absolute “either high or low” player. You can’t just lose to Hertel if you’re Olympiacos. Yabuzele wanted but didn’t get everything right, Yul-Rudy crashed into the red defense and everyone else just ran past. Something that didn’t happen later, of course.
Dinosaurs in action…
As for Tavares? Giannis Ioannidis once called Jay Ar Holden “assholes against assholes” for the famous match – by David Rivers. Well, this time we saw “Dinosaurs vs. Dinosaurs”. And if at first it looked like Real’s middle was superior, this may have acted as… a trap. Because yes, Tavares was a formidable goalkeeper and beat anyone who came close. Fal walked over him but got into trouble. In his own defence, however, the Frenchman didn’t fare badly. As a result, both are searched differently to hedge a threat. There Sloukas came from the red bench and tipped the plate. Lasso couldn’t stop Costas. The dinosaurs were “eaten” and Sloukas went on a rampage…
Full… four for Real and that was particularly painful. In the two points 4/13. In the three hands 4/20. On volleys 4/6. Well, with 24 points at half-time, Olympiacos is unbeatable. The Piraeus team is more mature and numerically more logical. He didn’t let Real run, slowed down, slowed down the home side and made them look so miserable. WHO; The Castilians who often imagine space. If anything went wrong for Bartzoka’s eyes it was some lost rebounds but even that showed in the second half he can control them.
What did Olympiacos do?
Of course, Real also tried to increase the pace. Of course, after Hanga and Taylor were out, Lasso Yul used a lot more than usual, managed Rudy and couldn’t expect anything from Goss for another match. In short, if he hadn’t had Hertel he would have been more tormented but the Frenchman had a great night and was the reason everything was balanced in the third ten minutes. Olympiakos didn’t have the same stamina in defense, while up front the ball was delayed from players’ hands. And yes, the hosts will push, pull, putt and… tricks on the menu, but you always have to be ready for those situations too. Dorsey gave things to his team in a difficult situation despite keeping the ball up.
It’s common this year for the team to play well but face their opponents in the last half. The same happened tonight. And another defeat came. Nothing surprises me personally. Nothing strange. When Real brings power and… wood to its home, when it sets the world, when it knows how to push forward situations, when it has the knowledge, it increases the odds. And that’s done. Can’t stand bad decisions and hard play from his opponents. Olympiacos couldn’t stand that, he bowed, and many wanted to shake their heads and not think as maturely as their experienced opponents at the same time. Lasso is no fool who ends the games with his… honorable age. From them he knows that he will get, with them he always prefers to go to the end.
Sasha is a traffic cop!
What is Olympiacos doing? As you can see, all Madrilenians patiently know how to turn the ball and find the right one. The… sealing wax in the matchstick was applied by Yul and Rudy. That is, those who had to. Do you want me to explain what I wrote in the foreword? Nice. Spring. Vezenkov is top scorer without anyone noticing. And he becomes top scorer without even being allowed to shoot as much as he should. He had 2/3 three points. What he lost was because they got rid of the ball and gave it to him at the last minute. Watch the game again. I urge Bartzokas and his companions to lay their boys down and watch again. Varieties of McKissick.
Dorsey’s delay in dribbling, obsession with the big ones and, in every game, more and more someone who thinks they have Steph Curry hiding inside. And at all these stages, a Vezenkov can freely wait for the ball. Beg. I was tired of seeing him blushing all the time with his arms raised like a traffic cop asking for a permit. If he doesn’t take the ball it simply means they want to do their own thing and not pass on their free and very good teammate. There is no other explanation. Find and do they? Can not you see? Can not you? coach theme. And your. But it gets gross and weird. The most accurate shot from afar does not shoot. No explanation, no apology. Fernandez scored the decisive three points for one team, Wokap for the other…
Follow…
Olympiacos seemed to have a pulse, if they play like that in Vitoria they will win. But it also has to happen. Not just to write it. And gradually the score indifference should stop. The games go by, most of the results in the other games have not been in his favor for a long time, so Olympiakos need to secure their previous goals. In the Basque Country has an opportunity in a few hours. We’ll see if he can benefit from it…
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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