Bartzokas: «We have the motivation we need»
Olympiacos flew to Belgrade, where tomorrow (14/11, 20.05 CET) will be playing against Maccabi Tel Aviv, for the 8th round of the Euroleague.
“Neither we nor Maccabi even slightly resemble the teams that played the Cyprus tournament”, the coach of the ‘red & whites’, Giorgos Bartzokas pointed out and went on to say: “Official games shape many different pre-requisites. What is certain for us is that we must play a very difficult game, in a neutral gym. Maccabi has been practicing there and has been playing without their fans and these games are always particular, because you don’t know what you’re going to be against. I hope we have the motivation we need, because we are at a turning point with the Euroleague, when players are gradually recovering or we expect them to recover from injuries. Every win is important to us”.
Luke Sikma was included in the roster, while Shaquielle McKissic and Nikola Milutinov are still out. Talking about the return of the American forward, our team’s coach said: “Since we lack players in our front line, it’s possible that he gets minutes, depending how the game goes. That doesn’t mean that he’s in good shape. He has practiced a few times individually and has participated only one team practice. But, we are in need of bodies and he will probably play”.