THE Olympic left for Milan and the away match against Armani for its 11th matchday Euroleaguewith Giorgos Bartzokas commenting on the match, but also on Keenan Evans’ new injury.
Speaking to the media at the airport, Giorgos Bartzokas focused on the spiritual part after the shocking injury of Keenan Evans, while he emphasized that Olympiacos will have to show toughness against Armani Milano if they want to get another victory in the Euroleague.
Bartzokas’ statements
On the fact that everyone’s mind is on Evans: “Yes, without further ado, that’s right.”
On how one overcomes such an injury: “Life goes on, work goes on, it’s not the first injury or the last. It’s been a years process for Keenan to come back from the previous injury and he got another one playing. It’s difficult for him and for the team. Life is always like that. You have the next game day and you have to keep going.
How difficult is it to go further and to strengthen the roster: “He needs training over the years. You always have to look at the positive side. Players I had have died. You see it’s a serious injury for Keenan. Emotionally it killed us, but we’re moving on. He’s going to have his surgery and his treatment. Olympiacos will have to look for solutions at guard. There are better things than that, but there are much worse.”
For the fight with Armani: “We want to be competitive everywhere, to improve during the year. Milan is a good team, like all the teams in the Euroleague. I think we always struggle in Milan. If we play with less physicality, we will have a problem.”