{"id":7048,"date":"2026-05-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:15:00","slug":"euroleague-final-four-everything-ready-for-the-final-between-olympiacos-and-real-madrid-live-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7048","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Final Four: everything ready for the final between Olympiacos and Real Madrid, live press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"847\">With just hours to go before the <strong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"627\">Euroleague<\/strong> final, all eyes turn to press conference of the <strong data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"703\">Final Four<\/strong> finalists, where <strong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"739\">Giorgos Bartzokas<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"766\">Sergio Scariolo<\/strong>, who are facing journalists with the precious trophy in their midst. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1180\">The Olympiacossecured its presence in the final after the victory against <strong data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"948\">Fenerbahce<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"973\">Real Madrid<\/strong> knocked out <strong data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"999\">Monaco<\/strong> and return to a European final again. The atmosphere at the T-Center is expected to be red hot, as thousands of Piraeus fans have already travelled to the Final Four. <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"8wcs81\" data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1216\"> Sunday&#8217;s big date <\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1542\"> The final is scheduled for Sunday night (24\/5) and is already considered one of the most intense &#8220;battles&#8221; in the competition in recent years. On the one hand, on the one hand, Bartzokas&#8217; <strong data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1400\">Olympiacos<\/strong>, who is looking for another European top, and on the other hand, the multi-champion <strong data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1501\">Real Madrid<\/strong>, who has a huge experience in finals. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1800\">The two teams know each other very well from their encounters in recent years, with several games decided in the details. Recall that the Piraeus team also faced Real in the 2023 Euroleague final in Kaunas. <\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed_media\" data-emebed-provider=\"YouTube\">\n<div class=\"dp-youtube-video dp-embed-video\" data-embed=\"ggRfi7-tlOI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggRfi7-tlOI?feature=oembed\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1s702fw\" data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1842\"> Bartzokas and Scariolo in the spotlight <\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"2137\"> The spotlight has fallen on the two coaches, who are being asked to manage the pressure of a final with huge stakes. <strong data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"1994\">Jiorgos Bartzokas<\/strong> is in contention for another European trophy with Olympiacos, while the experienced <strong data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2086\">Sergio Scariolo<\/strong> wants to lead Real Madrid to the top of Europe. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2326\"> The press conference also features players from both teams, who spoke about the preparation, the intensity of the Final Four and the special atmosphere created by the fans. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2617\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> The competition is attracting huge interest across Europe, with the final expected to be watched by millions of fans. The Greek stands are expected to give a strong &#8220;presence&#8221;, as the Olympiacos fans have already created an impressive atmosphere since the semi-final. <\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    A few hours before the Euroleague final, all eyes turn to the Final Four finalists&#8217; press conference, where George &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}