EuroLeague: Crucial battles at the start of this year’s last devil’s week

Its curtain opens tonight (19/3) with five matches 30th matchday of the Euroleague, whose regular season enters its final stretch!

Except for his crucial matchup Olympiakou with the Effects in Istanbul, tonight’s… menu includes four more games.

At 20:00 will start in Lithuania and in Kaunas, its match Zalgiris with the Virtus Bologna. In 15th place with an 11-18 record, the hosts are chasing their last hopes of making the top ten, looking for a big win against the Italians, who are sixth with a 17-12 record, having lost their last two games against Olympiacos and Real Madrid.

An hour later (21:00), the Alba will host in Berlin the Real Madrid. The two teams have no score motivation, with the “queen” having secured first place in regular time, while the Germans remain at the bottom of the scoreboard, with a 5-24 record and without chasing anything.

At 21:05 the match will begin at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade Maccabi Tel Aviv with the Villerban. Coming off three straight wins against Alba, Zalgiris, Red Star and having a fairly passable schedule in the last four games of the regular season, the Israelis with their record at 16-13, are hoping even for the top six, being two wins away from the sixth Fenerbahce. On the other hand, the French remain at the top of the standings, but they showed both against Armani Milano and against Efes that they are capable of doing… damage.

The last timed game of the evening has a start time of 21:30with the They were partisans to welcome in the “Stark Arena” her Baskonia. Zeljko Obradovic’s side are… with their backs against the wall after back-to-back defeats against Armani Milano and Barcelona dropped them to 13-16 and tenth place. With no hope of finishing in the top six anymore, the “black and white” of Belgrade want victory at all costs, so that they continue to be on a play-in trajectory. As for the Basques, they have won four out of their five most recent games in the competition, having hopes even for direct qualification to the playoffs!

The schedule for the 30th matchday:



Tuesday 19/3

Ephesus-Olympiakos (19:30)

Zalgiris-Virtus Bologna (20:00)

Alba Berlin-Real Madrid (21:00)

Maccabi Tel Aviv-Villerban (21:05)

Partizan-Basconia (21:30)

Wednesday 20/3

Fenerbahce-Barcelona (19:45)

Monaco-Armani Milan (20:00)

Red Star-Panathinaikos (21:00)

Valencia-Bayern Munich (21:30)