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Olympiakos has once again proved its dominance in Greek basketball, winning its 11th Greek Cup and second consecutive title. The team defeated Panathinaikos in the semis and Peristeri in the final at the Final Eight tournament held in Iraklio over the weekend. Greece has successfully organized a world-class final tournament for its cup competition, which is a significant achievement considering the past struggles due to fan behavior.

In other basketball news, Greece's two representatives in the Euroleague, Olympiakos, and Panathinaikos, had differing fortunes this week. Olympiakos maintained their position at the top of the table after defeating Barcelona at home, while Panathinaikos suffered another defeat, this time against Monaco.
Olympiakos faced a formidable opponent in Barcelona, one of its main rivals for the Euroleague title, but emerged victorious with a 77-70 score-line on Tuesday. The win was especially important for the team, as it came after two lackluster performances: a loss at Armani Milano and a narrow win against Kolossos in the Greek league.

On Wednesday, Aris will host Olympiakos for the second leg of their Greek Cup quarterfinal matchup at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikeldis. Olympiakos held a slim lead of 1:0 at the first meeting a week ago. In January 2023, Olympiakos prevailed in their previous meeting at home by a score of 1:1. They have won both of their previous matches against Aris.

In the last ten games, playing as the host proved to be very beneficial, as the team that played on its home field recorded seven victories and avoided defeat in nine of those games. In the ten most recent H2H matches between Olympiakos and Aris, only two ended in draws. Two of their last five games saw more than 2.5 goals scored, and two saw both teams score. The Olympiakos managed to keep a clean sheet three times while the Aris failed to do so.

Marcelo is an Olympiakos superstar at the FC football club. Marcelo, the Brazilian international player, is currently on assignment in this club and has moved to Athens with his family recently. On his day off they spend time discovering new places around Athens. Recently he and his wife were spotted having a meal at a fish restaurant. This was in the southern suburbs of the Greek capital.

The Brazilian footballer recently put up a post on Instagram where he was accompanied by his wife, Clarice Alves. They put up a photo of them enjoying a tasty meal on a sunny afternoon. Even though it is the coldest month January, Marcelo commented on how sunny and warm it was. He stated that it was as warm as summer and they were enjoying the Athens climate.

West Ham United is talking with Olympiakos over Arthur Masuaku, the left-back. He is presently on loan at Besiktas where he is going to trigger a buyout clause when he plays 25 matches in the season. However, he is still a little away from the total in Turkey and Besiktas are not keen on keeping him. Thus, Olympiakos has swooped in to attempt to sign him in January.

Sabuncuoglu stated in his tweet that Olympiakos begins negotiating formally for Arthur Masuaku. Michel, the Olympiakos Technical Director talked to Masuako on the phone and received a reply that he is going to come from the player. Before they agree on a deal, West Ham needs to negotiate his exit from Vodaphone Park where Senol Gunes, the new manager has been less impressed by his performances.

Wolves are considering a move to appoint Pedro Martins as their next head coach, the Express & Star understands. The 52-year-old has previously managed a handful of clubs including Portuguese sides Maritimo, Rio Ave and Vitoria Guimaraes, as well as Greek side Olympiacos. Martins, a former midfielder and Portugal international, joined Olympiacos in 2018 and won the league three times in his four seasons. He also won the Greek Cup once.

Despite signing a two-year extension to his deal and winning the league last season, Martins was ruthlessly sacked by Olympiacos in August after an embarrassing 4-0 home loss to Maccabi Haifa in a Champions League qualifier. Now, the Express & Star understands Wolves are considering a move to make him their next head coach after Bruno Lage was sacked.

Former Olympiakos manager Marco Silva has impressed as the Fulham boss till date. The Portuguese tactician has done a good job since he was appointed into the managerial role at Craven Cottage last summer.

Fulham gave Silva their manager's job at the club after suffering demotion from the Premier League to the English Championship at the end of the 2020/21 season. Silva led Fulham to win the English Championship title in his first season at the London club and secure promotion to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Silva has done a good job for Fulham in the opening weeks of the current Premier League season.

Winger Philip Zinckernagel is set to change clubs for the second time this summer, just two months after leaving Watford. The information comes from Belgian outlet DH, who claims that his new club Olympiakos are ready to let him move to Standard Liege. Before explaining what is going on, we better recall what happened to Zinckernagel in the past few months. Signed by Watford on a free transfer from FK Bodø/Glimt in January 2021, the club didn’t make much use of him, so, the following summer, they loaned him out to Nottingham Forest.

After his his 50 appearances for the Reds, he returned to the Hornets. That’s when Olympiakos, who share the same owners as the City Ground side, went for his signing, and paid €2m to buy him this summer. It turns out that, as explained by DH, there’s been a change of managers at the Greek club, as Carlos Corberan took Pedro Martins’ job, and the new manager doesn’t count on Zinckernagel for the season. That’s why Olympiakos have now accepted to see him move to Standard Liege, as they’re letting him go on a loan deal and ready to do his medicals

South Korean attacker Hwang Ui-Jo is on the verge of joining Greek Super League giants Olympiakos on loan for this season. This is according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano who said the South Korean international will sign for Olympiakos as a Nottingham Forest player.

Nottingham Forest are one of the three newly promoted teams in the Premier League alongside the duo of Fulham and Bournemouth. They have made a lot of signings in the transfer market this summer. As a matter of fact, they are one of the biggest spenders in European football as far as this summer’s transfer window is concerned. It has been reported that Nottingham Forest are closing in on a deal to sign Hwang Ui-Jo from French side Bordeaux for £4m before he's loaned to Olympiakos in the Greek league. Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos have the same owner, AngelosMarinakis who's a native of Greece.

Nottingham Forest promotion winner Philip Zinckernagel and ex-Reds duo Joao Carvalho and Andreas Bouchalakis are out of the Champions League. The trio were all involved as Olympiacos were dumped out of the competition by Maccabi Haifa. After a 1-1 draw in Israel, the Evangelos Marinakis-owned team were hugely fancied to finish the job on home soil. The Champions League dream became a nightmare though, with Olympiacos on the wrong end of a 4-0 thrashing.

Goals from former QPR man Tjaronn Chery, two from Frantzdy Pierrot and a late goal from Mohammad Abu Fani ensure a night of misery. Pedro Martins might have some explaining to do. Marinakis is proud of the club’s Champions League inclusion and this won’t do. All is not lost for the club. Their defeat means they will now enter the Europa League in the third qualifying round.

Rangers want to sign Theo Bongonda from Belgian side KRC Genk, but face competition from Greek champions Olympiacos for his signature according to Georgios Sideridis. The Gers are on the verge of completing a deal for Wales winger Rabbi Matondo [BILD, July 11] to add to the arrivals of John Souttar, Antonio Colak and Tom Lawrence earlier in the window. But reports suggest that Giovanni van Bronckhorst wants another signing in attack too, and it seems as though Bongonda could be the man at the top of the list.

But Sideridis, who was the man who was first with news of Colak’s arrival at Ibrox, claims that they will have to beat both Olympiacos and Turkish giants Fenerbahce to his signature. There is some clearly very talented scouts working at Ibrox right now, and Bongonda is further proof that they’re very good at identifying quality players on a budget. Bongonda is 26-years-old and known for his terrific speed and excellent eye for goal, which has seen him score 13 goals and register five assists in 43 appearances in the 2021/22 season.