Valencia Basket opens the year in Fonteta hosting the reigning champion Fenerbahçe Dogus

Valencia Basket will try to prolong its good recent dynamics in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, where the taronja squad chained two consecutive wins vs. Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens and Unicaja, in the first visit of a current European champion, Fenerbahçe Dogus Istanbul, to the Fonteta for a continental competition match (Thursday 11, 20: 45h, Movistar +). The men of Txus Vidorreta return home after starting the year 2018 with three away games and they do it in a match that will mean the debut of the point guard Sergi García with the taronja jersey and that makes Bojan Dubljevic the third player to reach the hundredth European matches with Valencia Basket.

 

With Garcia out of the infirmary, forward Fernando San Emeterio has begun to practice with the group and is doubtful for tomorrow's game. As it is also the physical state to which the other three players will arrive who drag annoyances: Erick Green, Bojan Dubljevic and Alberto Abalde. Guillem Vives, Joan Sastre, Antoine Diot and Latavious Williams will remain in the injured list. The precedents say that the Taronja squad has only lost once in the Fonteta against a Turkish team in European competition in the eleven games played so far and that in the only visit of the Fenerbahçe to the taronja feud the triumph remained in Valencia, although nothing will serve the past history when the ball begins to fly on Thursday night in a Fonteta that will have the atmosphere of great occasions hand in hand with MN4.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

3

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

5

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Damjan Rudez

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.05

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Tibor Pleiss

Alemania

Pívot

2.18

32

Erick Green

EE.UU

Escolta

1.90

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

51

Tryggvi Hlinason

Islandia

Pívot

2.15

 

Lesión

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

22

Latavious Williams

EE.UU

Pívot

2.02

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

 

Txus Vidorreta

 

Entrenador

 

 

FENERBAHÇE DOGUS ISTANBUL

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Jason Thompson

EE.UU

Pívot

2.11

4

Nicolo Melli

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.05

5

Baris Hersek

Turquía

Ala-pívot

2.08

10

Melih Mahmutoglu

Turquía

Escolta

1.91

11

Brad Wanamaker

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

16

Kostas Sloukas

Grecia

Base

1.90

23

Marko Guduric

Serbia

Escolta

1.96

32

Sinan Guler

Turquía

Escolta

1.92

35

Bobby Dixon

EE.UU/Turquía

Base

1.78

44

Ahmet Duverioglu

Turquía

Pívot

2.09

70

Luigi Datome

Italia

Alero

2.03

 

Zeljko Obradovic

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: CHRISTODOULOU (Greecce), JOVCIC (Serbia) & ROSSI (Italy)