Before the duel with “Žalgiris” – fears of the rivals: waiting for a real and difficult match



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“Žalgiris” shows excellent sporting form with three victories at the start of the season. After two bad games in the first weeks, we started to find rhythm and get back to a good game. This was seen in the duel in Berlin with ALBA, “Ataman told the official Euroleague website.

At the start of the season, the Anadolu Efes team landed 69:73 at Zenit St. Petersburg and lost 71:80 at Fenerbahche in Istanbul, and in the third round they got their first win in Berlin against ALBA – 93:72 .

“To beat Žalgiris, we have to show the same game in attack. The match will be really and really very difficult, on the way to the ‘Žalgiris’ fans,” the Turkish team coach did not hesitate.

“Žalgiris” – “Anadolu Efes”

According to Anadolu Efes striker Adrien Moerman, the team did not start the new season as they wanted, but the victory against ALBA last week was very important.

Žalgiris is a very strong basketball team. They won three victories and they all played away. We have to be very careful and play our game. If we fight as a team, I think we can get the second win this double week in the Euroleague, ”he said.

It will be the seventeenth mutual duel in the Euroleague of this century. “Žalgiris” is ahead of Anadolu Efes in terms of wins – 9: 7. In the last season, the Istanbul team beat the Lithuanian champions twice: 74:68 in Kaunas and 96:91 at home. Anadolu Efes won 4 of the last 5 matches in Kaunas.

Thursday’s Euroleague match “Žalgiris” – Anadolu Efes will start at 20.00.

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