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Sapropoulos on Katsch's appointment: "He deserves to be a coach in the Euroleague"
Maccabi Tel Aviv is preparing for the game against Olympiacos, Sapropoulos praises Panathinaikos' next coach and says of the opponent: "It is very important for us to control the pace."
Olympiacos flew to Israel without Harrison Ark, Othello Hunter is still in doubt
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Monday, 11 January 2021, 16:19
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Sapropoulos (Photo: Screenshot, Maccabi Tel Aviv)
The Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague season will continue tomorrow (Tuesday, 21:05, live broadcast on Sports 5) when the Yellows will host Olympiacos Piraeus in Yad Eliyahu.
The Yellows come into the game after a win in the last game over Alba Berlin away, with eight wins and ten losses, while the visiting team has won nine games, including last week's Bayern Munich, and lost eight more.
The closure of Israel gave the Yellows a few days off from the victory over Olympiacos until the pair of games this week in the Euroleague against the Greeks and Asoknia on Thursday, both in Yad Eliyahu.
The team knows that the games are expected to be particularly difficult, both in light of the unflattering home balance so far this season, four wins from eight games, and also due to the lack of easy wins this season of Yannis Sapropoulos' players.
The question mark around the game is the fitness of Othello Hunter.
The chin was injured in the eye in the game against Zenit less than two weeks ago, when the assessment spoke of an absence of between two and three weeks from games.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is making great efforts to train Hunter, but at the moment there is no certainty about his participation and he is in doubt for the meeting.
Olympiacos, on the other hand, flew to Israel without Arrison Harrison, but with Hassan Martin and Shaquille McSick.
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Hunter (Photo: Berni Ardov) (Photo: Berni Ardov)
Sapropoulos opened by saying: "We are playing another important game, the second round has started and every game is more important than the previous game. We are playing against a team with a very good structure on the pitch, with experience of players like Spanoulis, Slokas, Printzis, Papanicola not playing, but there They have the experience.
"They have the athleticism with their Americans, they have forwards like Vazenkov who score very well, we will have to deal with everyone, we will have to be willing to deal with everyone, each of them can create problems.
No question about their inside players, we will have to face them as a team.
It is very important for us to control the pace of the game, they do different things on defense, we will have to read it well, and attack it the way we want.
We are not sure about Othello if he will play, he only trained personally, maybe tomorrow we will know more.
"We only concentrate on how to play well against Olympiacos. When the game is over we will think about the next game, that's how we will be until the end. We will not look at the past, only the next game, I know there are two games this week, but only look at the game this week.
" Just because of the first game, but because there are 16 games, every game is important, more important than the previous game.
The importance of all games is great, but we will isolate this game, not thinking about the outcome of the first game.
"I do not know that Dorsey is a barometer, but the team needs everyone to play well. We need all the players to perform as well as possible. Credit should be given to Dorsey and Jones and the team, the program was successful, we won in Israel, and they were ready to play against Alba Berlin."
Asked about Katsch's expected appointment to Panathinaikos, Sapropoulos said: "Oded is a very good coach, I said that even before he received the offer from Panathinaikos, Jerusalem is a very good team, she is our opponent. He deserves the chance to coach in the Euroleague."
Leading Olympiacos this season.
Slokas (Photo: GettyImages, Quality Sport Images)
Olympiacos, Yannis Sapropoulos' previous team, won in the first round 82:85 from a three-pointer by Aron Harrison.
But Harrison, as well as chin Hassan Martin, are in significant doubt for the game, according to reports from Greece.
Despite this, the two are expected to arrive in Israel, and a decision on their participation will be made tomorrow.
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated the Reds from Greece in 7 of the 11 home games in the Euroleague, the last time they lost was under Nevan Spahija in October 2017. Since that game, the home team has won games between the teams in five of six games.
Yorgos Bratzokas' team started the current season on the right foot with six wins from nine games, but then got into a crisis and won only once in six rounds.
In the last two weeks the team has recovered with victories over the Moscow Khimki and Bayern Munich.
The leader of Olympiacos is Costas Slokas with 11.4 points and 5.8 assists per game, and he is the only player on the team to score in double digits.
Apart from him, Shaquille McSick with 9.9 points, Martin with 9.6 points and 5.3 rebounds, Sasha and Zankov with 9.2 points, Harrison with 8.1 points and veteran duo Yorgos Printzis with 8.3 points and Vasilis Spanoulis with 7.4 points per game.
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