Euroleague: Start of the 5th matchday with a strong duel in Belgrade

With a tough duel starts tonight in the Beograska Arena in Belgrade 5th matchday of the Euroleague!

They were partisans and Virtus Bologna they compete in the Serbian capital and in the packed “home” of the “black and white” (21:30, Novasports 5, sport-fm.gr), having diametrically opposite psychologies.

On the one hand They were partisans of Zeljko Obradovic, after its two consecutive defeats by Baskonia and Real Madrid in the same number of first matches of the competition, improved its competitive image and turned around the bad atmosphere that had been created in its ranks, celebrating two consecutive positive results in the last “devil’s week”.

First, they defeated Bayern Munich 86-78, and then they defeated regular hosts Maccabi 91-79, climbing to the 2-2having Sterling Brown as its star in both games, who scored 22 and 20 points respectively. Last Sunday (20/10) they struggled, but eventually prevailed 75-71 at the home of Zadar, making it 5-0 in the Adriatic League.

On the other hand, Virtues is still looking for its first win in this year’s EuroLeague. At 0-4 following defeats to Efes, Villerban, Zalgiris and Monaco, Luca Banki’s side have made a less than ideal start to this season. He didn’t compete for the Italian league last weekend so he comes into tonight’s game… fresh.

The two teams have met 8 times in the past, having celebrated 4 victories each. During last season only Virtus smiled, winning 77-75 in Belgrade and 88-84 in Bologna.