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Operation Classicus: The historic checkpoint facing Oded Katash in his first derby

As a player, the Israeli did not beat Olympiacos - but won the championship at her own expense.

As a coach, he has already met for a rare conversation with Yorgos Bratzokas.

Tonight at 21:00: Panathinaikos is hosted in Piraeus, without Nemania Nadovic and with a lot of worries from the next ten days.

Vasilis Spanoulis will break an ancient record

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Ahrela Weisberg

Friday, 05 February 2021, 13:43

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In the summer of 1999, despite celebrating winning the Greek Championship for the second time in a row, Pavlos and Thanasis Inacopoulos decided to take Panathinaikos on a new path.

They saw their hated rival Olympiacos return to the Final Four, two years after winning the European Cup, and went for a tie-breaker: coach Slobodan Subotic was replaced by Zeljko Oberdovic, who at age 39 already held five continental titles (three in the Champions League and two in the Sport).

One of the first players the Serbian fox landed in Athens was Oded Katash, and he repeated the amazing pattern that has already become established - as in the Belgrade partisan, Badalona and Real Madrid, he won the FIBA ​​Euroleague already in his club debut season. Face to Pao: Olympiacos finished in first place in the table, winning the two derbies; 68:69 in Ouaka, with the Israeli scoring 16 points; and 54:57 in the Hall of Peace and Fraternity, with only seven points. Obradovic and his players, that won the championship.

tonight (Friday, 21:00) returns Catch Piraeus after 21 years. He fulfill the derby in his first Greece coach. this game does not far-reaching importance: Greens had effectively lost the chance to get into the struggles of immigration playoffs Euroleague weeks ago Many, as well as their arch-rival, have lost height. Since the victory in overtime in Tel Aviv, they have suffered four losses in five games. But in Athens the meaning of a derby will never be underestimated, even if it is played without an audience,

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Katsch at the Hall of Peace and Fraternity in 2000 (Photo: Official website, Action Images)

Just a week ago, the Israeli coach won compliments from the floor, after marching Pau to an impressive victory at home over Valencia, but since then the momentum has been reversed, and he arrives at the Hall of Peace and Fraternity in a situation far from ideal.

Earlier this week he suffered his first loss in the league, after a comedy of errors that caused his team to lose a seven-point lead in 71 seconds and turn a comfortable 71:78 advantage over Promitas into an 80-78 home loss.

And if this game did not have much significance, then the practice came on Wednesday and preyed on the cards.

Nemanja Nedovic, the big star of Panathinaikos, was injured.

Seemingly, this is not a sensational headline;

After all, in terms of the Serb's set of abilities and skills, he is close to being one of the first line of guards in Europe - and his tendency to get injured is what prevents him from getting heavy contracts in the rich Euroleague clubs.

But the timing is particularly miserable for him and his team: less because of the derby that will take place tonight, and more because of the Final Eight of the Greek Cup.

On Wednesday, Pau will meet Peristri in the quarterfinals, and if she wins, she will meet AAK Athens or Laverio 48 hours later in the semifinals.

The final is set for next Sunday, and it does not appear that Nadovic will be able to take part in the fateful weekend. In the local arena.

Historical interview before the derby.

Katsch and Berzokas (Photo: Screenshot, Gazzetta.gr)

Olympiacos, as mentioned, also arrives at the Classic in an imperfect condition.

Aside from the losing streak, and the drop in ability, she will have to appear without two of her top forwards: Costas Papanicolaou has been sidelined for weeks, and Sasha and Zankov's chances of taking part in the game are not high either.

Evidence of the pressure prevailing in the team will be given by the fact that the Reds entered a combat procedure and gathered at a hotel in Athens for the match, as if it were a Final Four or going to a remote away game.

Whoever will make history is Vasilis Spanoulis.

At 38, the veteran guard will tonight break the record for appearances in the Athenian derby.

This will be his 96th game, one more than Pau's timeless icon, Frankie Alvertis.

It is not inconceivable that this will also be the last for "Billy";

He has recently started scattering thick hints that he is considering retirement after the Greek national team's Olympic campaign this summer.

One good thing has already been done by Katsch's return to Athens: on Tuesday he had a historic meeting with Zum Yorgos Bratzokas.

For the first time, the coaches of Panathinaikos and Olympiacos held a joint interview ahead of the derby, and had a pleasant, sane and compliment-rich dialogue with each other on the Greek site Gazeta.

Is this the trailer for the official and absolute return of the rivalry next season, not only in the Euroleague but also in the Greek league?

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