Panos Kostopoulos

Madrid

Sports Journalist and Writer at MARCA

Football Journalist at Freelance

Greek freelance sports journalist based in Madrid. @MARCAinENGLISH, @EuroLeague & more. Writing about @LALIGA, @PremierLeague and Basketball ☆Fight For A Dream☆

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Articles

Monaco has laid the foundation for future success under Coach Spanoulis

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

The Greek coach led his team to its first-ever Championship Game participationgame Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs AS MonacoCHAMPIONSHIP GAME25 May 2025, 17:00Final Four25 May 2025, 17:00Final FourFenerbahce Beko IstanbulFBBIn his first season as a coach in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Vassilis Spanoulis did almost everything. After clinching home-court advantage in the EuroLeague Playoffs, he led his team to Final Four qualification by eliminating FC Barcelona in a five-game series.
Monaco’s defensive intensity extinguished Olympiacos’s ball circulation

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

Coach Vassilis Spanoulis’s side held the Reds to a season-low 10 assistsgame AS Monaco vs Olympiacos PiraeusSEMIFINAL A23 May 2025, 18:00Final Four23 May 2025, 18:00Final FourHeading into Friday’s semifinal against Olympiacos Piraeus, AS Monaco was aware that it needed to force the Reds out of their comfort zone. The key to the win would be preventing Olympiacos from playing its free-flowing, altruistic basketball based on sharing the ball to find open looks.
Alpha Diallo did it on on both ends to help Monaco get over the hump

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

The 27-year-old forward pulled off a complete performance in the semifinal against Olympiacosgame AS Monaco vs Olympiacos PiraeusSEMIFINAL A23 May 2025, 18:00Final Four23 May 2025, 18:00Final FourAlpha Diallo showed during the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Semifials just why he is such an important player for AS Monaco.
The synergy between EuroLeague legends Spanoulis and James leads Monaco to another Final Four

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

Spanoulis’s tactics and James’s leadership on the floor clinched the club's second semifinal in three yearsgame FC Barcelona vs AS MonacoPLAYOFFS B6 May 2025, 17:00Playoffs6 May 2025, 17:00PlayoffsWhen two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague legends join forces, great things may occur on the floor and that’s precisely what the connection between Vassilis Spanoulis and Mike James has offered us this season.
X-Factor Georgios Papagiannis emerged in Game 5 to finish Barcelona off

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

He hadn’t played since Round 29 but recorded a season-high 17 points in the series decidergame FC Barcelona vs AS MonacoPLAYOFFS B6 May 2025, 17:00Playoffs6 May 2025, 17:00PlayoffsFor the first four games of AS Monaco's playoff series against FC Barcelona, Georgios Papagiannis was in street clothes. But in Game 5, he dusted off his cape and came to his team's rescue.
Monaco beats Barcelona, 85-84, to confirm Final Four return

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

Mike James and Georgios Papagiannis led the hosts to a hard-fought victory in a back-and-forth thrillergame FC Barcelona vs AS MonacoPLAYOFFS B6 May 2025, 17:00Playoffs6 May 2025, 17:00PlayoffsAS Monaco sealed its place at the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four spot after defeating FC Barcelona 85-84 in a thrilling back-and-forth Game 5 on Tuesday evening at Salle Gaston Medecin.
Olympiacos lays ghosts to rest and now wants to finish the job

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

The Reds edged past Real Madrid to seal its fourth straight Final Four participationgame Olympiacos Piraeus vs Real MadridPLAYOFFS A1 May 2025, 19:00Playoffs1 May 2025, 19:00PlayoffsFirst came that Sergio Llull mid-range jumper over Moustapha Fall to clinch the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague championship for Real Madrid in Kaunas. Then an elimination at the hands of Los Blancos followed in last season’s semifinal in Berlin.
Red-hot Kostas Papanikolaou turned the tide for Olympiacos in closeout Game 4

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

The Reds’ captain nailed some important triples when his team needed him mostgame Olympiacos Piraeus vs Real MadridPLAYOFFS A1 May 2025, 19:00Playoffs1 May 2025, 19:00PlayoffsSasha Vezenkov and Evan Fournier might be the two superstars who have been stealing the limelight game in, game out, but Kostas Papanikolaou showed on Thursday night why he is the true leader of Olympiacos Piraeus.
Olympiacos books Final Four ticket with 84-86 Game 3 win over Real Madrid

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

A solid third quarter allowed the Reds to escape from Movistar Arena with the series-clinching victorygame Olympiacos Piraeus vs Real MadridPLAYOFFS A1 May 2025, 19:00Playoffs1 May 2025, 19:00PlayoffsOlympiacos Piraeus has secured its fourth straight passage to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four after beating Real Madrid 84-86 at Movistar Arena on Thursday night.
Real Madrid beats Olympiacos, 80-72, in Game 3 to trim series deficit

1 month ago | euroleaguebasketball.net | Panos Kostopoulos

The hosts’ defense held the Reds to just 28 points in the second halfgame Olympiacos Piraeus vs Real MadridPLAYOFFS A29 April 2025, 19:00Playoffs29 April 2025, 19:00PlayoffsReal Madrid made it 2-1 in its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague playoff series against Olympiacos Piraeus by defeating the Reds 80-72 in Game 3 at Movistar Arena on Tuesday night.