Difficult mission for the bwin Pigeon in the Canary Islands

With a demanding and difficult assignment in the Canary Islands, he continues his duties Pigeon bwinfor the 11th group in his “16”. Basketball Champions League.

His team Vasilis Spanoulis confronts her Tenerife (31/1, 22:00, www.sportfm.gr, News Bulletin 247, Cosmote Sport 4), which is the favorite of the group, for the 2nd matchday.

The whole of the western suburbs had an equally difficult premiere in the second phase of the competition against Hapoel Jerusalem. Starring Kenny Williams, the bwin Pigeons sent the game into overtime, but Speedy Smith’s buzzer beater 3-pointer at the end of the five-minute extra period saw the Israelis take the victory by a score 77-75inside the closed “Andreas Papandreou”.

In the meantime, Tenerife’s opening match was also decided in extra time, but with a better outcome for them. The team of Chus Vidoreta faced in Smyrna the Karsijakawhich he managed to defeat 106-97.

From there, both are coming off wins in their leagues. Pigeon bwin turned the showdown with the Maroussicrushing it 95-72, for the Stoiximan Basket League. On the other hand, Tenerife struggled a lot, but prevailed 75-73 her Murthyfor Liga Endesa.

In the meantime, a strong proof of the very high degree of difficulty the match has for Vassilis Spanoulis’ team is the record that Tenerife wants to break. At this moment, the team from the Canary Islands has a 17-game winning streak at home in the BCLequaling the performance of Monaco in the organization. If they win now, Chus Vidoretta’s side will set a new unbeaten record.

Finally, among the highlights of the match is the meeting of the two teammates in OlympicVasilis Spanoulis and Giorgi Sermandini. The coach of Peristeri bwin and the Georgian center of Tenerife were teammates in the team of Piraeus in the 2012/13 season and together they celebrated winning the Euroleague, at the Final Four in London!

11th group

Tenerife 1-0

Hapoel Jerusalem 1-0

Pigeon bwin 0-1

Karsijaka 0-1