Euroleague: End of the first round with full schedule on Friday

The first round of the Euroleague concludes on Friday (20/12) with 6 matches on the day’s schedule. The “Greek” interest is focused on the match between Olympiakos and Alba Berlinhowever the “menu” includes five more important games for the 17th matchday.

The program starts in Istanbul, with a match between Anatolou Efes and her They were partisans at the Basketball Development Center. The Turks are promoted and two days ago they destroyed the other team from Belgrade, the Red Starreaching a 9-7 record. On the other hand, the “black and white” saw their winning streak come to an end with a home defeat by Villerban and fell to 7-9. The match is, therefore, highly interesting.

The action is transferred to Kaunas, with the Zalgiris to welcome her Villerban. Lithuanians count three consecutive wins and continue to hold a place in the upper echelons of the standings with a 10-6 record. On the other hand, the Lyon club has been making an impressive run lately and has four pink cards in the last five matcheshaving a 7-9 record and the best image in years.

The program continues in Bologna, with Virtues to host her Barcelona. The Italians continue their tragic run, sitting last with a 3-13 record after losing to Olympic. The Catalans, for their part, got a great win against Fenerbahce with a score of 90-63 (!) and went up to 9-7, wanting to confirm the title of favorite for this particular game and close the first round ideally.

In the next match of the evening, Red Star hosts at the “Beogradska Arena” the Maccabi Tel Aviv. The “red and whites” of Belgrade are the only Euroleague team with a perfectly split record (8-8), after the heavy defeat on Effects. However, they remain superior to Maccabi of 4 straight losses (4-12 record) and they have to prove it.

The action ends in Milan, where the Armani hosts her Bayern Munich. The hosts saw their impressive winning streak come to an end at OAKA, with a very heavy defeat by Panathinaikosand fell to 9-7. On the other hand, the Bavarians also experienced a negative result in Monaco (93-74) and are a little higher, at 10-6, in another match with significant points.

Detailed schedule of the day:

19:30 Anatolou Efes-Partizan (NovaSports 4)

20:00 Zalgiris-Willerban (NovaSports Start)

21:00 Virtus Bologna-Barcelona (NovaSports 5)

21:15 Olympiacos-Alba Berlin (NovaSports Prime)

21:30 Red Star-Maccabi Tel Aviv (NovaSports 6)

22:00 Armani Milan-Bayern Munich (NovaSports 4)