Valencia Basket returns home to face the AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan in the Euroleague

Valencia Basket closes the Turkish Airlines Euroleague round 7 with the return of the continental competition to the Fonteta twenty days after the last match, in a game that will measure the taronja squad against the AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan (Wednesday 15, 20: 45h, Fonteta , Movistar Sports 1). Valencia Basket will try to assert the Fonteta factor (they have won their two home games in the Euroleague) to break their bad dynamics after chaining two defeats at the Fenerbahçe and CSKA Moscow courts. The recent history says that Valencia Basket has won nine of his last ten matches against Italian teams.

 

But in the only precedent between these two teams in the Fonteta. Olimpia Milan won in Fonteta in the Euroleague 2010-11. Point guard Guillem Vives has missed some practice this weekend due to ankle discomfort, although he is expected to participate in tomorrow's meeting. Once again, the participation of Antoine Diot and Latavious Williams is ruled out. The taronja team arrives at this match in the Playoff zone, located in the seventh position with a 3-3 balance in the standings.

 

Vidorreta: "They will come motivated to try to break their losing streak"

Valencia Basket coach Txus Vidorreta said in the preview that "we are first concerned about his individual and collective quality, they are a great team with a great coach, with many players with a great scorer level. I’m worried also about their winning need, it is clear that they have not started well and that they will be very motivated because of that. Any option to break a losing streak like the one they have, five defeats in six games, is important for them”

 

Valencia Basket point guard Guillem Vives missed the first practice of the week due to ankle discomfort, although coach Txus Vidorreta was optimistic about his participation in tomorrow's match: " We have given some rest to Guillem today because he resented in Bilbao a little bit and is the one that is going to have to grit his teeth this week, but we are confident that he will be able to help us. Of course in tomorrow’s game. And after that we will go game by game"

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

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

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Tibor Pleiss

Alemania

Pívot

2.18

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

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

22

Latavious Williams

EE.UU

Pívot

2.02

 

Txus Vidorreta

 

Entrenador

 

 

AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Andrew Goudelock

EE.UU

Escolta

1.91

5

Vladimir Micov

Serbia

Ala-pívot

2.01

7

Davide Pascolo

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.03

9

Mantas Kalnietis

Lituania

Base

1.95

15

Kaleb Tarczewski

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

20

Andrea Cinciarini

Italia

Escolta

1.93

22

Marco Cusin

Italia

Pívot

2.11

23

Awudu Abass

Italia

Alero

1.98

24

Amath M’Baye

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

25

Jordan Theodore

EE.UU

Base

1.83

34

Cory Jefferson

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

45

Dairis Bertans

Letonia

Escolta

1.92

55

Curtis Jerrells

EE.UU

Base

1.85

77

Arturas Gudaitis

Lituania

Pívot

2.08

 

Simone Pianigiani

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: CHRISTODOULOU (Greece), LOTTERMOSER (Germany) and LATISEVS (Latvia)