He made a terrible revelation the general secretary of the Latvian basketball federationeves of the match between Anatolou Efes and Maccabi Tel Avivwhich will be held in Riga (8/2, 19:30), for the 26th matchday of the Euroleague.
As had happened in her match Fenerbahce with the “people’s team”, as well as with the champions of Turkey, the organizing authority set the match at a neutral venue and the reason is the neighboring country’s relations with Israel.
As a stadium, this indoor one in Riga qualifies to host matches Euroleague, however, it falls behind in one small… detail! So, according to Kaspars Tsiprus, the stadium does not have the basketswhich are required for the matches of the top European interclub competition.
Thus, the organizers fought against time and the specific basketballs arrived in the Latvian capital from Lithuania with the help of Zalgiris!
“In such cases, the organization of the game burdens the home team and in this case Anatolou Efes. We are just helping. But, the… funny and biggest problem for the match in Riga was the basketballs! Euroleague matches are played with a specific brand of basketball, which does not exist in Latvia! Thanks to Zalgiris, these basketballs came from Kaunas. This was the biggest challenge we had“, were the words of the general secretary of the Latvian basketball federation.
Source: Sport Fm
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