Very hard test to start the Copa del Rey 2021 against host Real Madrid

Valencia Basket opens its participation in the Copa del Rey de Madrid 2021 tomorrow facing the host, Real Madrid (Thursday 11, 9:30 p.m., Wizink Center, #Vamos), in the second game of the opening day of this tournament that will be played in the capital of Spain until February 14.

 

In an edition marked by restrictions to guarantee health security and, as a consequence, the absence of the public in the stands, the Taronja expedition has set course for Madrid with the absences of Fernando San Emeterio and Joan Sastre, although it recovers in the group a two players who missed last Endesa League’s game: forward Nikola Kalinic and point guard Guillem Vives.

 

To begin their 22nd participation in this tournament, Jaume Ponsarnau's men have the very tough challenge of beating Real Madrid for the first time in this competition, as the previous three have finished with a white victory. The last of them, the final of the 2017 edition in which the taronja team almost touched the title.

 

Valencia Basket puts into play its streak of twelve consecutive victories in national competition against an opponent who has only lost one Endesa League match in the entire season, but with the memory of the triumph the taronja squad achieved in the same court where the match will be played tomorrow at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, when Valencia Basket beat Real Madrid by 77-93 at the Wizink Center in October.

 

Rosters

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Alex Tyus

EE.UU/Israel

Pívot

2.03

8

Nico Laprovittola

Argentina

Base

1.90

9

Felipe Reyes

España

Ala-pívot

2.04

12

Carlos Alocén

España

Base

1.94

14

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

16

Usman Garuba

España

Pívot

2.03

20

Jaycee Carroll

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Base

1.90

33

Trey Thompkins

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.08

 

Pablo Laso

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

42

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

45

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.85

 

Injured list

 

 

 

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

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