{"id":484970,"date":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=484970"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:57:08","slug":"olympiacos-coach-bartzokas-our-performance-was-well-below-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/olympiacos-coach-bartzokas-our-performance-was-well-below-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympiacos, coach Bartzokas: &#8220;Our performance was well below expectations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">There was no contest<\/b> in the highly anticipated final of the Greek Cup. <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"71\">Panathinaikos<\/b> claimed the trophy with a decisive <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"120\">79-68<\/b> victory over <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"139\">Olympiacos Piraeus<\/b>, in a matchup that seemed to slip away from the &#8220;Red-and-Whites&#8221; during a one-sided first half.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">In the post-game press conference, head coach <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"46\">Georgios Bartzokas<\/b> didn&#8217;t mince words when describing his team&#8217;s performance, appearing visibly disappointed and self-critical.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">&#8220;Congratulations to Panathinaikos; they played a great game and deserved the Cup,&#8221; Bartzokas began. &#8220;Our performance\u2014both individually and as a team in terms of effort\u2014was <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"172\">well below expectations<\/b>. 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