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On Friday, the Lithuanian champions will try to beat the Spanish Real Club at home for the second time in a row, so the Euroleague season started tragically.
If Žalgiris still remains at the top of the tournament table (5/1), Real will only rank 15th (2/4).
It is true that Pablo Lass’ affairs are slowly improving: in the last round, his pupils dropped another goalkeeper at Bayern Munich (Germany) 100: 82, and won all 9 matches of the Spanish ACB League.
Real has a lot of experience, very well played. They won the last four games in a row, nothing inferior to anyone in Spain. I think everyone knows what quality of basketball you will have to face. In terms of their style of play, Real Madrid is the one that throws the most triples in the Euroleague, with six players attacking from afar more frequently than from a two-point zone. We will pay close attention to this, “said M. Schiller on the eve of the duel.
Even so, statistically, the first violins of the Madrid club are now played by tall people. With a golden handle, Trey Thompkins is the most productive (13.3 points) and most useful (13.8 points) team player in the Euroleague, with W. Tavares second (11.8 points).
It is difficult to forget how volumes similar to the last M. Fallas terrorized the “Žalgiris” front row in the last round, playing the best matches of their season. However, Schiller believes the centimeter similarities between the two giants end.
“Tavares and Fallas are similar in height, but not in playing skills. Fallas: stronger in the penalty area, Tavares plays better two against two. Hopefully he doesn’t have so many problems playing his back in the basket, but the dangers will wait elsewhere.
All Real players are so good that it would be disrespectful to point out something. But I would say that T. Thompkins is a particularly difficult opponent, because he plays both as a strong winger and as a midfielder, he hits well, he knows how to drive under the basket, “said M. Schiller.
Spanish defender Kaunas should not be helped by injured France defender Fabien Causeur and Argentina forward Gabriel Deck.
The “Žalgiris” will have to work on Friday without Patricis Garinas, who is still injured, and Rokas Jokubaitis, who fell ill with coronavirus last week.
If the Argentine had appeared only episodically this season, the “Žalgiris” system graduate caused many problems for Euroleague rivals. However, Mr. Schiller does not overestimate this loss.
“We lost one of the six players on the perimeter, which will affect our rotation. We also lost some quality and athleticism. However, many teams have such defeats, we also did not have Joffrey Lauvergne in Russia,” recalled the Austrian.
If the positive French coronavirus test was a quick fix, the whole team had to worry about R. Jokubaitis’ response. Only on Wednesday, after repeated investigations, it was finally confirmed that the remaining Žalgiris players are healthy, and the match with Real will go as planned. It is true that Kaunas residents stopped self-isolating two days earlier, on Monday, after the first negative tests.
“Our sports coaches have developed individual plans for players to play sports in their own homes on Monday. We try to stay physically fit as much as possible. When everyone finally gathered in the gym after a three-day break, the guys were happy, ”M. Schiller didn’t notice the lack of energy due to the unplanned break.
The match between “Žalgiris” and “Real” on Nemunas Island will be the last quarantine in Lithuania before Saturday, which will open the doors of sports stadiums for spectators. No more than 300 basketball fans will be able to watch the game, which begins at 8 pm on Friday.
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