This season premieres tonight (19:00, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247, Cosmotesport5) AEK Betsson BCwhich welcomes the Maccabi Ramat Gan at “Sunel Arena”, for the first matchday of its group stage Basketball Champions League!
The “Union” officially begins its official playing obligations for 2024/25 renewed in all areas, exuding… health after some time. Her aim tonight is none other than to start the season on the right foot and take the first step towards qualifying for the next round of the competition, starting with a home win and a good performance in front of her audience.
In the summer, the “yellow and black” made several additions and deletions to their roster, with Kuzminskas, Kouzeloglou, Flioni, Netzipoglou, Karabela and Pilavio being the only ones who remained in the Ano Liosion Closed. On the other hand, AEK made a total of 10 additions, with the names of Handel Hale and RayQuan Gray to stand out. The “helm” of the team was taken over by Dragan Sakotawho returned to his beloved “Queen” after six years, being the one who led the team to win the BCL in 2018!
During its preparation, AEK gave seven pre-season friendlies with a record of 4 losses, 2 wins and one draw. In particular, it drew with Lavrio 92-92, while in Serbia, where it held the main stage of its preparation, it was defeated 84-73 by FMP and 93-60 by Partizan, then winning with 71-63 of Paris. In the only friendly she gave at home, she performed very well appearance against the mighty Fenerbahce, knowing the defeat in the final with a score of 85-75. Finally, for the 5th “Nikos Fassouras” tournament in Peristeri, he defeated Panionios with 81-79, while he lost to Peristeri with 87-75.
The positives for tonight include the fact that Sakota has no injury problemsand it looks like he’ll have everyone – plus newcomer Gray – at his disposal.
On the other hand now, the Israelis are in a better competitive pace, as they have already given five official games (4-1) for the Israel League Cup, where they have qualified for the final and will face Maccabi Tel Aviv next Saturday (05/10).
It is a very good and aggressive team, which even keeps two of our acquaintances from the Greek parquet in its ranks. The reason for him Azaiah Miles who in the 2022/23 season competed in AEK, just like him Roberto Gallinat who last year wore the shirt of Aris.
Source: Sport Fm
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