Valencia Basket returns to Fonteta to host Partizan NIS Belgrade for the first time

Valencia Basket returns home after chaining three away wins in a row to receive for the first time in their European career a historic as the Partizan NIS Belgrade (Wednesday 17, 20:45 hours, Fonteta, Teledeporte). The Taronja squad had never face this Serbian team despite the long history in common that have the two entities, with up to 12 players who have defended the colors of both teams. Valencia Basket will try to break its bad dynamic as a local against rivals of this nationality, since it has lost in the last two visits of a Serbian team to the Fonteta. Although he has never lost at home to a team of this nationality in EuroCup.

 

For this, coach Jaume Ponsarnau hopes to have Fernando San Emeterio, who could play his first minutes of the season in front of Fonteta’s crowd if the injury to his face that he suffered in Tuesday's practice does not stop him. The Balearic shooting guard Joan Sastre is still not recovered from acute low back pain that prevented him from participating in the match in Santiago, which will be out for this game along with the injured Rafa Martínez and Antoine Diot. Valencia Basket is provisional leader of group C of the 7DAYS EuroCup, with a balance of 2-0.

 

Jaume Ponsarnau analyzes the game

Valencia Basket coach said in the previous press conference that "we played against a team with a lot of history in Europe, with a lot of tradition. And that as throughout its history, has a lot of balance between young players and experts. Players with a lot of talent and also with great strength and good physique. A team that wants to play based on the ability of its backcourt players to go inside, with players that play very well in paint. We will have to try to defend very well all its penetration game, both in static defense and in the open field. And to control those players who will surely appear and control their inspiration collectively"

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

50

Ion Galarza

España

Alero

1.96

 

Injured list

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

PARTIZAN NIS BELGRADE

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Marcus Paige

EE.UU

Base

1.83

5

Bandja Sy

Francia

Alero

2.04

6

Tadija Tadic

Serbia

Base

1.92

7

Aleksandar Aranitovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.95

9

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.95

11

Amar Gegic

Bosnia

Base

2.00

12

Novica Velickovic

Serbia

Ala-pívot

2.05

15

Marko Pecarski

Serbia

Pívot

2.08

17

Strahinja Gavrilovic

Serbia

Ala-pívot

2.06

25

Rade Zagorac

Serbia

Alero

2.04

34

Jock Landale

Australia

Pívot

2.11

41

Djordje Gagic

Serbia

Pívot

2.10

77

Aleksej Nikolic

Eslovenia

Base

1.91

 

Nenad Canak

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: MOGULKOC, MANTYLA and PAPAPETROU