BC "Prometey" - BC "Germani Brescia" (Italy). January 18. 19:00. 7DAYS EuroCup. Group round. Group A. 11th tour. Riga (Latvia). "Arena Riga". Broadcast - "DIVISPORT BASKETBALL" YouTube channel.
Tomorrow, on January 18, “Prometey” will hold the first home match of the second round of the 7DAYS EuroCup regular season. The rival is Italian club “Germani Brescia”.
The confrontation of the first round in the Italian Brescia ended with the loss of our team with the biggest lag from the opponent this season - 70:104. But for the closest rival of Ronen Ginsburg’s team, this victory over them is not a record one in the tournament. On December 21, "Brescia" played another great home match, defeating Turkish "Frutti Bursaspor" with a score of 110:74.
After October’s success in the confrontation with “Prometey”, “Brescia” surpassed “Ratiopharm Ulm” in the road match (98:90). Then the team got into long four-match losing streak. However, now Italians approach a confrontation with the best club of Ukraine in a great temper having in the asset three wins in a row. Successes of Alessandro Magro’s team look particularly significant against before-mentioned “Frutti Bursaspor” and Spanish “Joventut” (85:75). In these matches, “Brescia” surpassed its opponents in all key indicators except for the number of turnovers (13 to 11) in the confrontation with Spaniards. In their last successful matches, Italians excellently attacked from the perimeter: 60% of accurate three-pointers against “Bursaspor” and 42% - against “Joventut”.
For sure, our team’s players should pay attention for this moment. At the same time, the head coach of “Prometey” Ronen Ginzburg, during the preparation for the upcoming match, emphasised the quality of offensive actions of his squad. “The most important – our rival is very aggressive in defense and we must not to make a lot of turnovers as they immediately transform into easy points. In the first match in the third quarter, we fell exactly on this. I hope the home game will be much better for us”.
“Prometey” fans have great hopes on the upcoming confrontation. Our team currently has absolutely everything to take a revenge for the failure in the first round. At the same time, a possible success, like a week ago, under certain circumstances will allow the best club of Ukraine to become one of the leaders of the 7DAYS EuroCup Group A. To follow course of events in the match “Prometey” – “Brescia”, watch a video broadcast on January 18 on YouTube channel “DIVISPORT BASKETBALL” starting at 19:00.
