Last minute of Real Madrid – Olympiacos live:
High-flying day in the Euroleague. The 23rd date of the maximum continental competition leaves a duel between two transatlantic companies from the continent, seeking to maintain their hegemony in European basketball. Real Madrid, European champion and leader after a brilliant start to the season, against Olympiacos, his rival in that Kaunas final and sixth in the standings after an irregular start to the campaign. It is a match of big names at the WiZink Center in Goya and that we will tell, from now on, in MARCA – and the entire MARCA universe – in great detail in the best matchup of the week.
When we say Real Madrid and Olympiacos we think of many details. Although one of the last ones may be the best… It was the spring of 2023 when Real Madrid raised one more Euroleague in Kaunas. It was against Olympiacos, who had been destroying everything and everyone on the course, after a final for the ages. Sergio Llull scored a decisive basket of his own, launching over the French giant Fall. Those from Piraeus had the last ball, but Kostas Sloukas (shortly after he left for Panathinaikos, the other great Athenian rival, to the annoyance of the staff) he left it in the hoop. Madrid won the most epic Euroleague, between that basket and the miracle of Belgrade.
Many months later things change. It was the month of December when the two met in the first leg of the regular league. Dzanan Musa, stratospheric that night with 23 points thanks to 5/7 in the triple, and Mario Hezonja, 18 points and 10 rebounds, were vital for Real Madrid to attack Olympiacos’ lair. It was the 11th win and the whites are now on their 19th, although they have just lost – and well – in Monaco. Olympiacos is not getting off to a good start, with a 12-10 record and in sixth position. It is vital that they defend that place… and not fall into a deadly play-in. These are the ingredients of a mythical night in which two giants seek to go one step further in a competition as complicated as it is precious for the viewer. Real Madrid-Olympiacos, now on MARCA. Let’s start!
