The taronja illusion is put to the test vs. the solidity of Real Madrid in Copa del Rey semifinals

Valencia Basket returns to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey after two years of absence after eliminating Barça in the quarterfinals and does so to face another of the great favorites, Real Madrid (Friday 15, 18:30h, Martín Carpena, #Vamos).

 

The Taronja squad will try to extend its good dynamics (three straight wins away from La Fonteta) and keep the good feelings shown in the yesterday’s game against Barça to find a win that would qualify them for its sixth final of the Copa del Rey. For now, Valencia Basket will play his twelfth semifinal of the KO tournament tomorrow.

 

With captain Bojan Dubljevic 7 points away from becoming the top scorer of Valencia Basket in the Copa del Rey, the Taronja squad will look for a win that breaks their bad streak against Real Madrid both in the Cup (0-2 favorable to the whites) as in the current season (two victories in the capital of Spain for Real Madrid in both the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and the Endesa League games).

 

Sam Van Rossom and Jordan Loyd still sidelined, while Guillem Vives is expected to be able to play even if he is somewhat depleted by the heavy blow he received in the thigh in the quarterfinals game.

 

Rosters

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

3

Anthony Randolph

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

7

Facundo Campazzo

Argentina

Base

1.81

8

Nico Laprovittola

Argentina

Base

1.90

9

Felipe Reyes

España

Ala-pívot

2.04

14

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

20

Jaycee Carroll

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Base

1.90

25

Jordan Mickey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

44

Jeffery Taylor

Suecia

Alero

2.01

 

Pablo Laso

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Quino Colom

España

Base

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Brock Motum

Australia/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.08

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Sidelined

3

Jordan Loyd

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador