After her impressive double Virtus Bologna in Belgrade against Partizan on Wednesday night, the competitive action for its 5th matchday Euroleague continues tonight with a total of five matches.
The beginning takes place in Kaunas (20:00), where the Zalgiris welcomes her Maccabi Tel Aviv at “Zalgirio Arena”. The hosts are coming off a dreamy “devil’s week”, as they passed through Italy making it “2 out of 2” against Virtus Bologna (68-71) and Armani Milano (82-85). Victories with which she improved her record to 3-1 and figures in the top four of the competition! On the other hand, the Israelis are in 12th place in the standings with a 2-2 record, coming off a 91-79 loss to Partizan.
At the same time, the French derby is also taking place, with Monaco to welcome her Paris in the Principality. With a record of 3-1, Saša Obradović’s team will seek their second consecutive victory against the newly enlightened, but dangerous Paris, who made a surprise last week, putting the “brake” on Panathinaikos AKTOR.
At 21:30, the Armani Milan hosts her Anatolou Efes. The Italians are coming from a painful week, as, in the Euroleague, they were initially defeated with a heavy 89-68 by Olympiacos in the SEF and then saw Zalgiris turn the match around from -27, 13 minutes before the final (82-85). ! Tonight they will look for their second win of the season against the always strong Efes, which is coming off two positive results against Olympiakos (91-89) and Darousafaka (95-72).
At 9:30 p.m., her match is also held Baskonia with her Alba Berlin in Spain, with the Basques having a high morale after the victories over Barcelona (89-93) and Real Madrid (76-72) in the league and Euroleague respectively. The Germans, on their part, are 1-3 in the top European competition and will have a hard time troubling the hosts.
Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Real Madrid welcomes the extraordinary this year Red Star. The victory over Panathinaikos AKTOR (90-86) seems to have created the atmosphere in the ranks of the Madrid team, who on Sunday easily prevailed against Girona 95-67 in the Spanish league. On the other hand, the pioneer of the Euroleague, with Philip Petrushev in his roster now – instead of the injured Boloboi – he will look for the fourth pink card of the season, wanting to prove that his start in the competition is not just by chance.
Source: Sport Fm
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