Georgios Bartzokas, the head coach of Olympiacos, spoke to the media representatives after the Game 4 of the EuroLeague quarterfinal series against Barcelona.
The Red and Whites from Piraeus achieved their second most convincing winin EuroLeague playoffs in the club’s history. Only Siena in 2011 was defeated by a larger margin (48). Today, they outplayed Barcelona 92:58, leveling the series at 2-2, so the decider will take place in Barcelona.
“I don’t want to mention numbers and statistics. I want to express how grateful I feel, to the players and the fans for this. It was incredible. I don’t want to speak ill of the previous game. We were down. We managed to recover from that and show incredible energy.
I owe a huge thanks to Kostas Papanikolaou. His test results were bad, and his blood count wasn’t good. He shouldn’t have played this game. When someone sacrifices their health to play in this way and show this kind of fight, it sets an example for others.
Everyone contributed, we’re happy with this 2-2 at this moment, and of course, we’re going to Barcelona to play our basketball, fight as we always do. Barcelona is a great team, the quality they possess is amazing, you saw how they started the game. That’s why our win is even more important,” The Greek coach concluded his detailed presentation.