Faced with a great challenge and one of the first “musts” of this season, is tonight the AEK Betsson BC!
The “Union” is hosted tonight (19:00, sport-fm.gr, Cosmotesport 4) in Latvia by Stripein a crucial and pivotal game for the 3rd matchday of its group stage Basketball Champions League.
The “yellow and black”, after their excellent start to the season, come from three consecutive league and European defeats. In its most challenging games so far of the season, his team Dragan Sakota it lost in succession to Bonn (93-74), Panathinaikos (94-74) and PAOK (87-82), games which it also gave away from the Closed of Ano Liosion.
As for the BCL, it started with a comfortable victory over Maccabi Ramat Gan (80-71), while, with Bonn in Germany, it was in the match until the 35th minute, however, in the end it collapsed and suffered defeat.
On the other hand, the Latvians are coming off a comfortable away win over TAL TECH for their home league, where they sit atop the table with a 7-1 record. In the BCL, they have a record of 1-1 – as far as all four teams in the group – as after the opening victory over Bonn (86-72), they lost in the 2nd game 78-71 to Maccabi Ramat Gan.
In the competition now, AEK traveled to the capital of Latvia without him Yannis Kouseloglouwho suffered a sprain in his left ankle, while the “Union” coach will also be absent. Dragan Sakota, who is sick with coronavirus. His direct partner, Andrea Vicenzuto, will take on the role of head coach.
Source: Sport Fm
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