After a full and highly impressive two days, her competitive action Euroleague continues tonight with six interesting matches for the 8th matchday of the competition.
The curtain opens at 20:00 in Kaunas, where the Zalgiris will welcome her Villerban in the packed Zalgirio Arena. The hosts continue their impressive run in the competition this year, as last Tuesday they celebrated a great home win with score 86-65 over Virtus Bolognathus rising to second place in the standings with a 5-2 record. For their part, the French were defeated in Belgrade by Red Star with a… flattering 79-65 and remained at the bottom of the standings (2-5).
At 21:05, the Maccabi Tel Aviv she will treat him as a typical guest Red Star in “Aleksandar Nikolic Hall”. On Tuesday night, Oded Katas’ side put in a very good performance at OAKA for three quarters, however Panathinaikos in the final he turned up the heat and took the victory with a score of 99-85. The Serbs, on the other hand, are also… official the most in-form team of the Euroleague, counting five consecutive victories. Their last “victim” was Villeurbanne. The American guard is expected to make his debut tonight Jared Butler.
At 21:30 three matches will be held. Promoted Valencia (4-3), on a two-game winning streak, welcomes Dubai BC (3-4) to Spain, while Armaniwith just one win in their last five games, host it Paris in Milan.
At the same time, Bayern Munich (3-4), moving in the “constellation” of Spencer Dinwiddie, will welcome in the “SAP Garden” the Virtus Bologna (4-3).
Finally, at 22:00 we have the big European derby of the matchday, with Real Madrid to host the European champion Fenerbahce. Both are off to a very poor start to the tournament, with just three wins after the first seven matches. Madrilenians come from three consecutive defeats, and indeed by teams… second gearsuch as Maccabi, Reds and Bayern. On the other hand, the whole of it Sarunas Yasikevicius was beaten 94-79 by Valencia, seeing its short two-game winning streak come to an end.
The 8th matchday in detail:
Thursday 30/10
Zalgiris-Villerban (20:00)
Maccabi Tel Aviv-Red Star (21:05)
Valencia-Dubai BC (21:30)
Armani Milan-Paris (21:30)
Bayern Munich-Virtus Bologna (21:30)
Real Madrid-Fenerbahce (22:00)
Friday 31/10
Monaco-Panathinaikos (20:00)
Olympiacos-Hapoel Tel Aviv (21:15)
Baskonia-Anatolou Ephesus (21:30)
Partizan-Barcelona (21:30)
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Source: Sport Fm
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