Moussa, 28, scored Real’s Spanish Civil War victory over Valencia

Real Madrid won the Spanish Civil War against Valencia on day 9 of the EuroLeague. Chus Mateo’s team with Moussa as the absolute leader (28 points with 10/13 doubles, 2/5 trebles, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals but also 2 errors) overtook Fonteta 80-73 and improved their record to 6-3, dropping the bats to 4-5.

The race

Real paved the way in the first half where they led 31-17 and counted 10/12 two-pointers. Corneli and Moussa each had 10 points in that span.

Valencia ramped up their defensive performance, holding the queen to just 10 points in the second quarter to draw 41-31 after 20 minutes.

Moussa continued his hot performance to reach 22 points in the 30th minute, where Chus Mateo’s team found themselves 13 points clear (59-46).

Despite not having one of their star players, Chris Jones, the batsmen made one last ditch effort to win the game this year. Moubru’s team closed in on three (74-71) with back-to-back 3-points from Harper and Van Rossum 66″ before the final, but saw Deck, Musa and Yule finish the job on a 6-0 run.

THE REFEREES: Lottermoser, Foufis, Rossi

THE DECADES: 19-31, 31-41, 46-59, 73-80

VALENTIA (Mubrow): Harper 11 (2/4 3-points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists), Claver 6 (5 rebounds, 5 steals), Puerto 2, Prepelic, Pradia, Webb 2, Lopez-Arostegui 6 (3 rebounds), Van – Rossom 17 (1/1 2-pointers, 5/8 3-pointers, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 turnovers), Radebo 3 (1), Dublijevic 15 (2/4 2-pointers, 3/7 3- Pointer, 2/2 shots), Alexander 5 (5 rebounds), Rivero 6

real Madrid (Mateo): Goss, Cozer 5 (3 rebounds), Ambalde, Hezonia 2, Rodriguez 3 (1/6 threes), Dec 16 (10 rebounds), Poirier 4, Corneli 10 (1/4 threes), Tavares 4 (6 rebounds, 6 assists), Yule 8 (2), Ediage, Moussa 28 (10/13 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 2/3 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers)

Valencia team statistics: 14/32 Two-pointers, 11/28 three-pointers, 12/15 shots, 30 rebounds (21 defense – 9 offense), 17 assists, 9 steals, 13 fouls

Real team statistics: 25/38 2-pointers, 6/28 3-pointers, 12/12 shots, 38 rebounds (25 defensive – 13 offensive), 19 assists, 6 steals, 14 turnovers, 1 block

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 10, which concludes matchday 10 of the EuroLeague, Valencia will play Zalgiris in Fonteta (25/11, 21:45) and Real Madrid will host Partizan in Madrid (24/11, 21:45).