Olympiacos travels to Barcelona to face strong Barcelona at the start of another Euroleague devil week with double games. The red and whites flew to the capital of Catalonia without great problems as only the long-term injured Agravanis will be absent and they aspire to get another double that will allow them to establish themselves in the top positions of the standings.
David Blatt saw his players prevail comfortably of the Colossus in Rhodes without even Spanoulis and Printezis who did not follow the mission, following a decision by the Israeli coach, for reasons of rest. Analyzing the European matches of the red and whites, it is easy to reach the following simple conclusion, Olympiakos would be far from the second leading team in the Euroleague if the games were completed at the end of the 1st half. Specifically, from the 12 games they have given so far in the tournament, the Blatt players have 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the 1st half. If we take into account that some of the 10 "wins" at half time were in the headquarters of Tska, PAO and Zalgiris, the statistic is even more impressive.
Barcelona, for its part, is going through a period of deformity after the impressive start it made to the season as it counts 4 defeats in its last 5 matches. Pesic's team only wants a victory in the match against Olympiakos as otherwise it risks being left out of the positions that lead to the playoffs from an early age. I am sure that all the players of Spain will try to show a different face compared to the previous matches and it is a given that at least they will beat, always in basketball, the red and whites.
I do not know if Olympiacos will be able to leave Barcelona with the double, I wish it wholeheartedly, however it is fully capable of prevailing at least in the first half and paying us the impressive 1 that we find in stoiximan.