The meeting between Prometheus and Brescia will take place on Wednesday, January 18 in Riga. The fight begins at 7:00 pm Kyiv time. The match will be broadcast live by Xsport and Setanta Sports Ukraine TV channels.

Despite his debut as a player, “Prometheus” is well worth holding the first European Cup in its history. In a very tough group, Ronen Ginzburg’s wards have six wins in ten games and are confidently defending the playoff zone. It should be noted that in almost all the lost matches the current champion of Ukraine looked very worthy. In total, except for the away match with the Italian “Brescia”, where the “giants” lost without a choice in the second round. And today “Prometheus” will try to prove that this fiasco was largely random.

This match was very difficult for the Ukrainian club. Almost from the very beginning of the match, Brescia imposed basketball and even halfway through the first quarter they had secured themselves a six to eight point lead. At the start of the second ten-minute period Prometheus tried to catch up with the Italians and even narrowed the lead by one point, but Slobozhans was unable to change the tide of the match. Brescia again increased its advantage and finished the first half with a score of 48:42. And after the break, Prometheus completely disintegrated instead of chasing his opponent. On the contrary, the Brescia players gathered their courage and made a significant difference in a short time. Indeed, the question of the winner of the match was lifted in the third quarter and the final siren recorded 104:70 numbers in favor of the Italian club.

After that, Brescia failed to build on its European Cup tournament distance success for a long time and found itself mostly in the losing side. However, three consecutive wins at the junction of 2022 and 2023 have allowed the Italians to land in the middle of the standings at the moment.

Here are Brescia’s results in the international arena this season:

11 October Joventut (Spain) – Brescia (Italy) – 80:63

October 19th. Brescia (Italy) – Prometheus (Ukraine) – 104:70

October 26. Ratiopharm (Germany) – Brescia (Italy) – 90:98

1 November Brescia (Italy) – Burg (France) – 69:71

23 November. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Brescia (Italy) – 91:86

29 November. Brescia (Italy) – Venice (Italy) – 60:80

December 7th. Litkabelis (Lithuania) – Brescia (Italy) – 79:70

14 December. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Brescia (Italy) – 80:83

20 December Brescia (Italy) – Bursaspor (Turkey) – 110:74

January 10. Brescia (Italy) – Joventut (Spain) – 85:75

After ten rounds of the 2022/2023 European Cup in Brescia, the best statistical indicators have defender Amedeo Della Valle. He averaged 15 points + 4.5 assists for the Italians. The average productivity rating of a main player (he started all ten games in the starting line-up) is a very good 17.2 points.

Unlike the previous rival of Prometheus, Lithuanian Litkabelis, who played with a single squad since the beginning of the season, Brescia made a serious reinforcement in the squad at the end of last year. Also, these transfers are largely associated with injuries to two key team players – defenders John Petrucelli and Troy Copein. On December 22, the Italian club signed two new players at the same time – American striker Ryan Taylor (moved from Greek club Apollon Patras) and Slovenian defender Aleksey Nikolic (joined Dinamo Sassari from another team from the Apennine Peninsula). Of these two, Balkan shows itself better so far. The player, who participated in the last EuroBasket 2022 as part of the Slovenian national team in three games of the European Cup, averaged 8 points + 4.3 assists, average efficiency rating 12.7 points.

At the weekend, the teams played differently in the local championships. “Prometheus” confidently beat Latvia’s “Valmiera” – 104:75 and remains the lone leader in the LEBL standings, while “Brescia” lost in a tough away match to “Verona” – 77:81. In Serie A, the Ukrainian club’s rival over the course of fifteen weekends is in eighth place with seven wins and eight losses.

The upcoming match will be very important for Prometheus, primarily from a psychological point of view. If Ronen Ginzburg’s wards manage to beat the Italians, or at least give Brescia a serious fight, then there will no longer be teams in the second European Cup Group A where the Titans will not play on equal terms. with. The best option here, of course, would be a victory that would not only cover the defeat from the Apennines in the second round, but also allow the Ukrainian club to continue the tournament fight, taking leading positions in their group.

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