Ideal start to the playoffs of Euroleague performed the Olympicwho demonstrated power against Real Madrid in the SEF in the first game.
THE Olympiacos prevailed Real Madrid with 84-72 in the SEF and took the first step to qualify for the Euroleague Final Four. Piraeus celebrated in a very convincing way the first of the three wins they need in the Madrilenans, showing that they are in good shape.
Of course, Giorgos Bardzokas’ team just made 1-0 and Friday’s game (25/4/2025) is expected to be another completely different story.
Defense showed the way
Olympiacos arrived in the final dominance, securing two -digit differences from the first minutes. In order for George Bardzokas to build such big differences in a matter of minutes, she recruited her defense.
The Piraeus checkers chewed in early on, hid the basket from the Real Madrid stars, who scored 29 points in the first half! 14 in the first quarter and 15 in the second.
As such, they locked the victory from the first twenty minutes, since the 47-29 of the half did not leave much room for dispute.
In the second half, Olympiacos simply did the basics to reach the victory without stress, while Real has never been able to look a bit threatening.
MVP Sasha Vezenkov
Sasa Vezenkov saw Central Nan take him through the hands of the most valuable player of the year at EuroLeague, but made a real MVP appearance in the first game of Olympiacos with Real.
The Bulgarian forward did almost everything right, scoring 31 points in the evaluation system. He scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, dismantling every Real defense system.
Sasa Vezenkov gave another performance with the red -white jersey and further uploaded his psychology to the following games with Real Madrid.