Basketball
Real Madrid-Zalgiris. Prediction and announcement regarding the Euroleague match
The match between Real Madrid and Zalgiris will take place in Madrid on Tuesday, October 17. The match will start at 21.45 Kyiv time. The match will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports Ukraine TV channel.
This week will be the first of several so-called “double” weeks in the regular season of the most prestigious European basketball cup. This name is given because not one but two full rounds are played at the same time along the course. The matches of the third matchday will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday will be allocated for the fourth round matches. And right from the start, all fans of European basketball will be greeted by a meeting of the teams at the top of the standings. In Madrid, local Real Madrid will host Lithuanian Zalgiris. Both clubs started the new season with two wins in two matches and shared the fourth place with Barcelona and Valencia.
Real
The great star of Spanish and European basketball is in excellent form at the beginning of the new season. The Madrid team has played nine official matches so far and won all of them. Los Blancos’ first two wins in the new football year came in the 2023 Spanish Super Cup, and this trophy was then moved to the club museum. Real has won five times in the Spanish ASV League, while two more wins belong to the opening rounds of the Euroleague. In a nice addition, Mateo Chus’ team had beaten the Dallas Mavericks in an exhibition game the week before. NBA representatives did not prioritize the result and played a significant part of the match with deep reserves, but it is always an honor to win against a team from the strongest league in the world. In addition, the Madrid team managed to face their main rivals in Catalonia twice in the new season, twice losing to Barcelona 90:80 (Spanish Super Cup final) and -86:79 (ASV League regular season match). .
As for the performance in the Euroleague, the Madrid team played two matches that were quite different in content. Real Madrid, who had a very tough fight and great difficulties as a guest player in the opening round, defeated Baskonia 79:77, and did not have any problems in the next away match with the last champion of the tournament, the Turkish club, in the second round. Ephesus Pilsen, which was completely dismantled at the beginning of the season” – 103:80.
One of the factors behind Real’s strong start was that they retained all their key players from last season. Madrid said goodbye to Anthony Randolph, Adam Hanga, Nigel William-Goss and Peter Corneli, but they were not the main elements of the Madrid machine. In return, the Spanish club brought back Argentinian defender Facundo Campazzo, who earned star status at Real Madrid a few years ago and easily rejoined the team. Apart from this, the composition of the Spanish team remained constant.
Zalgiris
The Lithuanian giants unexpectedly managed to qualify for the Euroleague play-offs last season, leaving many high-status and rich clubs behind in the regular season. This season, many fans and experts were skeptical about the possibility of repeating this success because most of the opponents were seriously strengthened by European basketball stars, which cannot be said about Zalgiris.
However, the current champion of Lithuania shows that he has serious plans for the Euroleague this year as well. In the opening match of Europe’s main basketball tournament, Zalgiris defeated Italian Virtus from Bologna 82:79, and the next week in their hometown Kaunas, with traditionally strong support from the fans, Kazys Maksvytis’ charges defeated Red Star Zvezda. Serbia, which bought very well in the off-season – 79:74. Lithuanians also perform well in the local championship. In five rounds, Zalgiris won five victories and shared first place with their arch-rivals Vilnius Rytas with a 100% result.
Zalgiris’ personnel potential is average by Euroleague standards. Moreover, it is clear that the loss of Ignas Brazdeikis, one of the leaders who transferred to the Greek Olympiacos in the offseason, will not pass without a trace. However, as mentioned above, this does not yet prevent the Lithuanians from achieving victory. The most notable transfer made by the Kaunas club this summer was the transfer of Canadian defender Naz Mitrou-Long, who could not find himself in Milan last year. However, Zalgiris got a much bigger reinforcement with the departure of defender Keenan Evans from the team’s hospital. The American legionnaire suffered a very serious Achilles injury in early January this year, and before that, Evans was one of the most remarkable players of the 2022/2023 Euroleague.
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In today’s match, some of the current leaders of the Euroleague will face each other. If such success was expected from Real, Zalgiris’ successful start was a pleasant surprise in many ways. But today the Lithuanians will face a truly top team for the first time in the new playing year. In contrast, Madrid defeated stronger teams this season. They are also the favorites in the match against the Kaunas club, but Zalgiris will definitely not give up without a fight.
Prediction Sport.ua: Real Madrid wins
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President of the Zaporozhye Regional Basketball Federation Valery Elkinson Summarized the results of the first part of the season for BC Zaporozhye.
– Valery, at the beginning of the season you made predictions about BC Zaporozhye’s performance in the Super League and the Ukrainian Cup. The second round is already underway. Are you happy with the results?
– Yes, I am satisfied. Many experts predicted that we would be ninth or tenth, but we need work, system and team for the result. We have a very small staff: club president Viktor Stelmakov, chief accountant Tatyana Kozachenko and media director Roman Polyachenko. These people have been working for the benefit of Zaporizhzhya basketball for years, and thanks to this, we achieved the current result.
– Which matches did you like the most? Where did the team perform at its best?
– First of all, both matches will be played against Kharkov Falcons. Unfortunately, we lost the first match in overtime and won the second match by one point. These are important matches as the opponent’s head coach is our former mentor Valery Plekhanov. The matches were quite challenging and interesting.
– What about the matches against Dnepr?
– “Dnepr” is the leader of the championship today and so far it is difficult for us to fight with them. Our main duty now is to protect basketball in such difficult times. We plan to compete for medals in the future as well. We have a common dream with the city and regional authorities: to return the European Cup of basketball to Zaporozhye.
– How do you evaluate the role of American legionnaires in BC Zaporozhye?
– The team has a very good microclimate, foreign players are very well integrated into the team. They are the leaders of the team today. At the same time, you must understand that times are difficult and communicating with strangers in such conditions is a particular challenge. But despite all the difficulties, the team works in unity and produces results.
Captain Anton Buts plays a big role; He is a leader not only on the field, but also in the locker room, helping young people and communicating with foreign players.
– Anton Buts plays a very consistent game. Was he given any special assignments?
– Anton has been in our club for many years and is playing better every season. He has a strong character and he shows it in his matches. He manages the team; This is very important.
– How do young people express themselves?
– We are satisfied. Ilya Lishchina is our student who returned home after studying on the Dnieper. Vyacheslav Kiktev is a hardworking player, although there are some difficulties. We also signed another student, Alexander Petrenko, which allowed us to expand our squad.
– Where is it more difficult to play; In the Super League or the Ukrainian Cup?
– These are different tournaments. It is a cup elimination match. For years we had no luck in the draw; We reached Dnepr early. This year the draw was more favorable and for the first time in ten years BC Zaporozhye advanced to the Final Four. In the cup, everything is decided by a single match, while in the championship, the distance is longer.
– How do you evaluate the work of head coach Dmitry Shchiglinsky?
– Dmitry actively participated in the formation of the team, has his own vision of the game and tactics. We can say that he did the right thing with the choice of actors, including foreign actors. We try to create conditions where the team can work safely despite all the difficulties.
Source: Sport UA
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Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban defeated Saratov Avtodor in a home match of the VTB United League regular season.
The meeting ended with a score of 88:65 (19:17, 29:16, 22:20, 18:12). At Avtodor, Alen Hadzhibegovic from Avtodor scored a double-double (26 points and 17 rebounds). For Krasnodar, Jeremiah Martin scored the most points – 25.
Lokomotiv-Kuban (12 wins and 6 losses) is third in the standings, Avtodor (4–15) is 10th.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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The Euroleague match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Paris, which was planned to be played on Friday, January 9 at 20:00, will be postponed again.
The Reds had previously made an official request to the Euroleague management regarding this issue, and it is expected to be announced in the coming days.
The match will probably not be played on Friday evening and will be played around the February break for the national teams.
Hapoel management is unhappy with the behavior of the French club and its owner David Kahn. They claim that Paris refused to fly a connecting flight to Israel.
According to Euroleague rules, in double-header weeks, each team must reach the match arena by direct flight or travel no more than one and a half hours. However, the French refuse to attend the match on the grounds that it is against the regulations, as they will be playing in Türkiye, where there has been no direct flight to Israel since October 7.
Hapoel Tel Aviv also said that Paris refused to fly via Cyprus, which would ultimately lead to the postponement of the game.
In the statement made by the club, “Paris owner David Kahn insists on a direct flight to Israel, which is not possible from Türkiye. He is doing everything possible to avoid coming to Israel.”
Previously, there was news that there was a flu epidemic in one of Europe’s leading clubs.
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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