The Barça visit the complicated field of Piraeus to face the Olympiacos Greek, third classified in the regular phase of the Euroleague. It is a direct duel for the first places in the playoffs. Thus, the Barcelona de Sarunas Jasikeciviuscurrent finalist of the Euroleagueis looking for its third consecutive victory in the regular phase of the European competition in this 2021/2022 academic year, where the team from Athens on matchday 33 of the Euroleague.
The azulgrana come from winning by home to the Alba Berlin (79-95) and in his field of Palau Blaugrana against Fernerbahçe (88-67). However, in these important victories he has not been Cory Higgins, who has a long-term injury. In addition, he was also injured Brandon Davies last Sunday before the Joventut from Badalona in the Endesa Leaguewhere he lost in the Barcelona derby by 82-73.
Barca and Olympiacos faces are seen in the pavilion of the Piraeus, where the azulgranas arrive in first place in the standings with a record of 21 games won by 5 lost. The culés won in the past days with forcefulness to the Alba Berlin at home and then Fenerbahce Also in the Palau Blaugrana. The Greek team, meanwhile, has beaten the ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne 80-94 in their last game in the Euroleaguewhere he holds a record of 18 games for 9 lost in third place, one game away from Real Madrid.
The group trained by Conversation Jasikevicius is one of the candidates win the Euroleague, after losing in the final of the last edition against Anadolu Efes Turkish. At Palau Blaugrana won this season in the first round Barcelona at Olympiacosfor a tight 79-78 in extra time.
Despite the declines in Higgins and Brandon Daviesthe quality of the Barça squad is very high, with a wide variety of top players such as Nikola Mirotic, Nicolás Laprovittola, Nick Calathes or Alex Abrines, among others. In addition, this season the team of Jasikevicius has incorporated to Sertac Sanli (Anatolian Ephesus), Rokas Jokubaitis (Zalgiris Kaunas), Nicolás Laprovittola (Real Madrid) and Nigel Hayes (Zalgiris). On the contrary, they have left Artem Pustovyi (Herbalife Gran Canaria), Victor Claver (Valencia Basket), Adam Hanga (Real Madrid), Leo Westermann (Monaco) and Leandro Bolmaro (Minnesota Timberwolves).
The Olympiacosmeanwhile, has made important changes to its squad this season, where it has signed Thomas Walkup (Zalgiris), Moustapha Fall (ASVEL), Michalis Lountzis (Promitheas) y Tyler Dorsey (Maccabee). In addition, the withdrawal of the great legend Spanoulis involves a change in the hierarchical order of the team.
Just as he has made important signings, Olympiacos has let out many players this season The Greek team has had the casualties of Aaron Harrison (Turkish Telekom), Octavious Ellis (Turkish Telekom), Vassilis Spanoulis (withdrawal), Antonis Koniaris, Kostas Koufos, Vassilis Charalampopoulos (King Venezia) and Alexandros Nikolaidis (Lavrio, assignment).
Where to watch Olympiacos – Barça?
the match is played Today, Friday, April 1, at 8:00 p.m.
When is Olympiacos – Barça played?
The meeting can be seen by DAZNa platform that broadcasts the Euroleague in Spain. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.
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