Thryle Ton Gipedon Olympiake 2
Top 10 reasons why BallinEurope loves the Barcelona-Olympiacos final
How thrilled is BallinEurope to see tonight’s Barcelona-Olympiacos final? Let us count the ways… 10. Both teams earned the trip with tough semifinal wins. Against CSKA Moscow, Barcelona played smart while deploying Europe’s best defense in 2009-10 against a much bigger Red Army team; Olympiacos truly gave everything in overcoming plucky Partizan Belgrade. The result: […]
Update: How to sing along with Olympiacos
In reference to yesterday’s post on Euroleague final four fight songs, reader Simos, whose Greek is certainly, like, way better than mine, was kind enough to provide an English translation of the lyrics to “ΘΡΥΛΕ ΤΟΝ ΓΗΠΕΔΩΝ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ” (a.k.a. “Thryle ton gipedon, Olympiake,” a.k.a. “Olympiacos, legend of the courts”). Words Greek nor English can express […]
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