THE Olympic It welcomes Dubai BC on Friday (10.10.2025, 21:15, Newsit.gr) for its 3rd Euroleague match in its first home match in the competition for this year’s season and George Bardzokas He wants to see the Piraeus people “defend” the chef.
However, George Bardzokas has to manage several absences. As part of the media day at the SEF, the Olympiacos coach referred to the absences in the district and described it as a one -way street.
The coach of Olympiacos spoke …
For racing problems in the team: “I think in general we will see a volatility of all teams this year. There are too many games. You must all understand the difficulty of this project for each team, not just for Olympiacos. Unfortunately we have some losses. Unfortunately Wokapa hit us and he won’t play. From a boredom in the gluteus, it has a hematoma and will stay 2-3 weeks out. So it’s an important absence for us. Plus the fact that McCisik and Evans are out. Fournier will see whether he is out or not, because he will try now. In general, however, he is hard to play. Donda Hall had a food poisoning, he is here, he will work out and be. In our region in general we have issues and we need to cover them with a team game. “
For the game with Dubai BC: “This is a team with a special offensive talent. Not a corresponding defensive commitment. A group that may be the best in the ISO attacks one against one. He plays a completely different basketball than we. We must not fall into this trap. We have to be Physical, we have to play good defense, because they are very talented players, but at the same time the game should not go at a pace up and down. We want to perform well. It’s a difficult match, because it’s the first at our headquarters. “
To remove Spheropoulos from the Red Star: “As the economic power currently produces basketball and its popularity increases, the pressure on the people involved is increasing. Whether they are team owners, GM’s, coaches, or players. At the moment the pressure in all groups is great. Obviously there is no such patience. I do not want to judge decisions of other administrations, nor any. John is an excellent coach, he is a given. It is said by the results it has brought. Right now it is a global phenomenon, in America, in England in football, coaches change very often. It is a point of time. There is not much patience. There is pressure for the result. There is responsibility shift. It’s something we’ll see in the coming years. “
If his job is more difficult because Dubai BC is a new team: “Basically new teams are all. They all have additions and subtractions. The sample is small in general. The training philosophies want some time to establish themselves in the teams. You see a lot of tricks. Travels are much more, but we have a sample of what they play, but it’s not so safe. And we have new faces. And we have defensively have a often imbalance at the moment, from bad understanding, perhaps from bad appreciation. But so we started last year, until we stabilized some things. I think we will quickly be at a better level than we are. “