A Virtus Segafredo Bologna on a roll, a new challenge for Valencia Basket and La Fonteta

Valencia Basket men’s team returns to La Fonteta to welcome one of the hottest teams in the competition, Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Thursday 21, 8:30 p.m., Fonteta, Movistar Esports) in a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round 16 game.

 

With less than 48 hours to recover from the unrewarding wear and tear of Tuesday's streak-ending defeat to Partizan, Álex Mumbrú's men will once again have the support of their home crowd as an extra lung for try to return to the path of victory against one of the great sensations of this first half of the season.

 

The precedents are favorable to the Valencian team, which has prevailed in three of the four visits of La Virtus to La Fonteta.

 

The orange coach has at his disposal thirteen players with absences for the next matches due to muscle injuries of Jared Harper and Semi Ojeleye, so he will have to rule out one player in the preview of the game.

 

Missing the games that are left to play on round 15, Valencia Basket remains in a positive balance with 8-7 which currently keeps it seventh.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

10

Damien Inglis

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

30

Kassius Robertson

Canadá/JAM

Escolta

1.90

32

Brandon Davies

EE.UU/UGA

Pívot

2.08

 

Injured list

 

 

 

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Escolta

1.78

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

00

Isaia Cordinier

Francia

Escolta

1.96

1

Iffe Lundberg

Dinamarca

Escolta

1.93

3

Marco Belinelli

Italia

Escolta

1.96

6

Alessandro Pajola

Italia

Base

1.94

9

Jaleen Smith

EE.UU

Escolta

1.91

13

Ognjen Dobric

Serbia

Alero

2.00

15

Devontae Cacok

EE.UU

Pívot

2.04

21

Tornike Shengelia

Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.06

23

Daniel Hackett

Italia

Base

1.97

24

Leo Menalo

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.06

33

Achille Polonara

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.01

42

Bryant Dunston

EE.UU

Pívot

2.03

55

Abass Awudu Abass

Italia

Alero

1.98

 

Luca Banchi

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: HORDOV, VYKLICKY, PITSILKAS