Yellow coach ahead of game against Barcelona (Tuesday, 21:05): "Any player can cause problems" • General manager survey in Euroleague: Greek factory best coach, Israel champion will not qualify for the Final Four

• Sparopoulos. The best coach at Euroleague according to the survey

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Maccabi Tel Aviv held the official press conference on Monday for the Euroleague match tomorrow (Tuesday, 21:05) against Barcelona.

"Barcelona is a very good team, it plays at a high level," said coach Janis Safropoulos. "In the Euroleague all games are difficult and every team can cause problems, if you do not play well. I do not think this is the big game of the season, but of course we have to bring physical preparedness And mentally that in Barcelona any player can cause you problems. "

"Our bench is very important," the Greek referred to the ability of the sub-players in recent times, "I do not divide the team for beginners and replacements. It really does not matter for anyone in the quintet that opens the game. I do not think for me who starts the game. "Time is a new team and we have players playing for the first time in Europe, and I'm happy with how everyone is committed. It's not easy to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv and I'm glad our guys are doing a good job."

Meanwhile, in the Euroleague General Managers poll on the official website of the plant, Speropoulos was voted the best coach of the season with 44 percent, well above Pablo Laso (Real Madrid) and Zeliko Overdovich (Penerbachcha) who were ranked on the list.

The Yellows were also selected as the second most difficult team to play in front of her (just after Real Madrid), but the professional managers predict that the Israeli champion will not qualify for the Final Four. The four teams selected are: Andulo Zero, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow.