Dimitris Giannakopoulos on Olympiacos loss: 'They deserved it more' / News - Basketnews.com

Panathinaikos owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos believes Olympiacos deserved the title more than Real Madrid despite the club being a fierce rival in Greece.

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Olympiacos Piraeus lost the EuroLeague final against Real Madrid in a devastating fashion after Sergio Llull scored his only two points in the game in the final seconds of the fourth quarter to give his team a victory.

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Olympiacos finished the regular season in first place, dominating both offensively and defensively. They beat Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in the quarterfinals, they had a lead over Real Madrid throughout the vast majority of the final.

Olympiacos also had the coach of the year Georgios Bartzokas and the league's MVP Sasha Vezenkov.

After the game, even Panathinaikos Athens owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos shared that the rival team deserved the title more despite being a fierce rival in the local and international front.

"The anchovies deserved it more than Real this year," he wrote on his Instagram story.

The term 'anchovies' derives from the fact that Olympiacos are located in the port of Piraeus, and is often used to describe the club by its rivals.

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