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At the time when everyone was exclusively discussing Nedovic’s absence, Elias Zouros here at the SPORT24 editorial office told us that equally important, perhaps even more important, is the absence of Sasha Vezenkov for Olympiakos …
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And it turned out in practice that the greens not only took advantage of their disadvantage, but also stepped on the absence of the 26-year-old forward, who is proving to be irreplaceable for the rojiblancos. It is probably the only gain in a lost year, as shown by the result of the derby.
Panathinaikos not only triumphed in the SEF, they not only kept their heads high in a very difficult year against the eternal rival, but at the same time they signed Olympiakos’ exclusion from the eighth. Friday night couldn’t be better for the greens.
Panathinaikos, therefore, completely dominated relying on their high team. With Sant Ross in “1”, Papapetrou in “2”, White in “3”, Mitoglou and Bentil in the first positions. Olympiakos, given the very important absence of Costas Papanikolaou, saw the problem grow against such bodies due to the problem with Vezenkov.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS AND SHOTS
Panathinaikos built their defensive and offensive game in bulletproof vests, after closing every aisle to the basket while dominating rebounding. Panathinaikos got a total of 39, 16 of which were offensive, while Olympiacos had 13 less. The greens, then, had more attacks, they also had 25 of 25 shots and somewhere there everything was judged. The rojiblancos never found solutions on either side of the field, played the role of accomplice from start to finish and, apart from Sakil Makisik, no other player was found to provide solutions to the attack.
On the contrary, Panathinaikos found protagonists and filled Nedovic’s gap with the previous ones. Bohoridis took time and initiative and together with Sant Ross they were the best guests, something they probably never would have been able to do if the Serbian team leader was on the pitch. White at “3” and Bentil at “4” and “5” defeated the High Olympians, who had neither the energy nor the psychology to face a team that had nothing to lose.
STATIC OLIMPIAKOS
Somehow, the data that theoretically existed before the jambol changed from the first minute of the game. Panathinaikos imposed exactly what it wanted and left Olympiakos looking for solutions. He completely blocked Sloukas, Makisik was not enough, Spanoulis went to change the situation, but he could not do it just because the others were out of place and time.
The rojiblancos also continued their downward course in this match, they were completely disillusioned with their image and a season full of dreams for a new beginning is turning into a nightmare. They get worse in each game, in attack they are predictable and static and it is obvious that something does not fit in the puzzle this year. That is why the outbreak of Bartzoka arrived at the press conference, who explained the problem in his own way, but the issue is to find the solution.
BACK TO BASKETBALL IN GREECE
Not only can Olympiacos not aspire to qualify for the playoffs, they now allow Panathinaikos to hope to overtake them in qualification and become the first Greek team of the year. In a season that is quite reminiscent of the past, when Panathinaikos started with a forum and Olympiakos recovered with the change of manager. Now the same thing happens with different protagonists, Katas simply cannot put the greens in orbit playoffs.
Of course, it can never be said by anyone in basketball, 10 games left, but no one can expect Greece to have a team in the Euroleague once the regular season is over. And this is another great setback for basketball in our country.
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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