Complicated Euroleague challenge for Valencia Basket on the Real Madrid's court

The frenetic activity does not stop for the Valencia Basket men's team, which will face its fourth game in seven days to try to break its bad dynamics in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on one of the most difficult courts to do so, the Real Madrid one (Thursday 9, 8:45 p.m., Wizink Center, DAZN/Movistar+ dial 64) in a round 28 game of the top continental competition.

 

The Taronja squad will seek to recover feelings against an opponent that they have not been able to beat this season in the previous three precedents, but against whom they had two shots to win in the quarterfinals game of the Copa del Rey played a little less of one month ago.

 

With their seventh visit to Real Madrid in continental competitions, the white team remains the Spanish team against which Valencia Basket has faced the most times in European tournaments. And although the precedents are favorable to the Madrid team by 4-2, the Taronja squad took the win of the Wizink Center on their last visit in the Euroleague.

 

The Icelandic point guard Martin Hermannsson returns to a list 282 days after his serious left knee injury and power forward Jaime Pradilla is questionable for this game, awaiting the results of the medical tests that have been carried out on him at left shoulder. Kyle Alexander (sprained right ankle) and the long-term injured Sam Van Rossom and Millán Jiménez still sidelined.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 11th position with a balance of 13-14.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

5

James Webb

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/Armenia

Base

1.88

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Questionable

 

 

 

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

 

Injured list

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Nigel Williams-Goss

EE.UU

Base

1.91

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

8

Adam Hanga

Hungría

Alero

2.00

11

Mario Hezonja

Croacia

Alero

2.02

13

Sergio Rodríguez

España

Base

1.91

14

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

17

Vincent Poirier

Francia

Pívot

2.13

21

Petr Cornelie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.11

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

28

Guerschon Yabusele

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.01

30

Eli Ndiaye

España

Pívot

2.04

31

Dzanan Musa

Bosnia

Alero

2.05

 

Chus Mateo

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: DIFALLAH, BALAK, GIOVANNETTI