UCAM Murcia surprises leaders Real Madrid in front of a packed Palace

UCAM Murcia, who lost Congolese center Jourdan Sakho at the last minute after his contract was terminated at his request due to lack of playing time, will face Real, the undisputed leaders of the Endesa League, this Sunday.・The aim is to welcome Madrid at home and surprise them. The Sports Palace was packed to capacity as seats had been sold out for several days.

The match, the 18th day of league play and the first of the second round, begins at 12.30pm and will be Sito Alonso’s side’s fifth game and the revelation of the season.

The collegians qualified for the Copa del Rey with a record of 10 wins and 7 losses, despite suffering their heaviest loss on the course, 98-73, on the field of Moravanc Andorra last Saturday. It arrived with the following reinforcements: Good track record especially at home.

In front of their fans, Granas won six of eight games, losing only in overtime to Valencia Basket, 77-85, and to Unicaja de Málaga, losing narrowly 65-88.

Barça, Baskonia, Dreamland Gran Canaria, Lenovo Tenerife, Joventut de Badalona and Bakshi Manresa have all lost in this league in the capital Segura, and Cito’s team’s aim is to ensure that Madrid do not suffer the same fate as these rivals. However, given Madrid’s potential and trajectory, with 16 wins out of 17 in the Championship and 19 out of 21 in the Euroleague, this is no easy feat. Probably not.

Furthermore, Los Blancos won the Super Cup held in Murcia last September, and have a total of 37 wins in 40 games this season.

“If Madrid have always shown a very high level over the last 10 years, what they are doing in these first four months of competition, we have to realize that this is not normal.” Cito said, the spirit of having a winning option.

In the first round matchup held at the WiZink Center, Madrid defeated UCAM CB 106-92.

“I want the team to play better than they did that day and look at the instantly recognizable UCAM central defenders, as they did in every home game except for the Unicaja day, but we will play harder, faster, We have to be more aggressive,” the coach said. A college student who recognizes that in order to win, it is necessary to “empty yourself in every match situation.”

It will be the 52nd meeting between Murcia and Madrid in the highest category of Spanish basketball, and the team from the capital Segura will be aiming for their fifth victory against the current European champions, who have defeated them in the past. He played the most in Murcia, especially in 47 out of 51 league matches.

Four of their greatest victories have come at home, the last coming on May 29, 2016, when they won 91-87 in the second quarter-final game of the 2015/2016 season.

Since then, the two teams have met 15 times, with Los Blancos winning in all of them.

UCAM CB also defeated the Madrid team 77-74 as Jebel in the 1990/1991 season, 90-89 as CB Murcia in 1994/1995 and 86-8 against Universitas Católica in 2014/2015. Defeated the Madrid team with 79. He will explore what poses a real challenge to all who face Chus Mateo’s men today.