The defeats of Zvezda and Partizan complicated the path to the Top 8. How are they now standing in the Euroleague table?

February 26, 2023 Post a Comment

Photo: Marko Jovanović, Euroleague, Rezultati com / Printscreen This was an extremely unsuccessful week for Serbian basketball.

In addition to the Serbian national team, which lost to Greece in Athens after extra time (92:97) and has not yet qualified for the Mundobasket, defeats were also inflicted by the eternal rivals in the Euroleague Last night, Partizan lost against Fener in a tight final (94:97), while Crvena Zvezda was shocked by last-placed Alba from Berlin (72:87).

The black and whites had a chance to stand out from the rest of the caravan in the fight for the Top 8 in yesterday's game, since most of the other rivals also suffered defeats Baskonia failed the test against Virtus, Maccabi was beaten by Bayern after a turnaround, Valencia could not cope with Olympiakos, and neither could Zalgiris with Real.

More good news could have arrived for Željko's basketball players from France, but in the dramatic ending came the victory of Ephesus over Asvel Now Virtus got involved in the whole story, and Zvezda could have been in that place if they had won Alba, this way they are two wins behind eighth place.

Illustrated by numbers, the first place in the table now belongs to Olympiakos with a score of 18-7, the second position belongs to Barcelona with 17-8, and the third place is Real with 17-7 and a game less Fenerbahce also has a match less and 15-9, and Monaco is fifth with 15-10.

The aforementioned caravan of teams follows with a score of 13-12, where the best is Partizan in sixth place, followed by Baskonia in seventh, Maccabi in eighth, Valencia in ninth and Žalgiris in tenth Efes can join them if Real wins in the postponed match, as it is now 11th with a score of 12-12, while Virtus also joined from 12th position and with a score of 12-13, so one less victory than all the others.

There is also Zvezda, he is 11-14 and with a winning streak he could join the chase, although the room for error is minimal The rest are Olimpia Milano with 9-15 in 14th place and a game less, Bayern has 9-16, PAO and Aswell each have 8-17, and Alba is last with 7-18.

In the next round, Partizan will look to avoid the same epilogue as Red Star tonight in Belgrade Alba from Berlin will come to Serbia again, only this time they will play with the black and whites.

After that, the black and whites play with direct competitor Virtus in Italy, followed by a match with Olimpia in Milan Next up is another visit to Efes in Turkey before returning to home ground for matches against Olympiakos, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

In the penultimate round, Monaco will be visiting, and in the last round, Panathinaikos will arrive in Belgrade Although the schedule is tough, the black and whites also have the trump card of the home fans in their hands in the most important matches of this season.

As for Zvezda, it will be much easier now because Facundo Campaco is finally joining He will make his debut next weekend against Bayern Munich away from home, and for the first time he will play in front of the Belgrade audience against Efes.

Next comes a trip to Athens against Panathinaikos, followed by a difficult visit to Barcelona The match with Baskonia could also be crucial at home, just like the one with Valencia a round later.

At the very end, Duška's basketball players play against Asvel away, Olympiakos at home and Fenerbahçe in front of Delia They still have everything in their hands, but the room for maneuver and mishaps is small.