Serbian press: better Žalgiris, Crvena Zvezda pushed into the abyss and reflections on 20: 0 | Euroleague

One of the biggest news portals in Serbia, Blic, emphasized that the last quarter, in which Crvena Zvezda had scored only 9 points, was almost empty and pushed them into the abyss.

“Žalgiris’s team did better in Belgrade, where the rojiblancos really could do more,” said the critic.

Blic qualified the final decisive quarter, during which Crvena Zvezda failed to score points.

“Lekavičius was the one to blame for Saša Obradovičius being angry with his students in the first half of the match. He looked good both in attack and defense,” Blic praised the defender.

“Žalgiris” relied more on the game closer to the basket and on the advances, which made the difference. They decided the game under the basket, not the triples, which Zvezda couldn’t do, Blic analyzed.

Sportske.net journalist Aleksandras Obrenovičius called his article on Žalgiris’s victory: “Zvezda was out of ammunition and fell for the second time in the Euroleague.”

“Žalgiris was better than Sasha Obradovičius’s team,” A. Obrenovičius did not hesitate.

The Sportske.net journalist highlighted many mistakes and glitches in the fourth quarter, as well as good defense from both teams.

“Hall managed to bring a lot of intrigue, with a minute and a half to play, when the score was 67:69, but Obradovičius’s students couldn’t break the match completely, and the guests closed them to the penalty line,” wrote A Obrenovičius.

Sportklub.rs critic Saša Ozmo noted that “Žalgiris” has not lost in the new Euroleague season.

“Zvezda ran out of ideas in the fourth quarter,” Žalgiris celebrated his victory, “wrote S. Osmo.

“In the last quarter, Zvezda was completely lacking in creativity in the attack,” emphasized the journalist.

In a post about Žalgiris’ victory, Novosti.rs noted that the Serbs had paid the price for a bad blow to the colon.

“We really didn’t see beautiful basketball in the unusual fourth quarter. The result was 62:69 for more than five minutes, “emphasized Novosti.rs.

Ognjenas Dobričius, who scored three points in the “Žalgiris” basket in 11 minutes, highlighted the good defense of Martin Schiller’s students.

“They started the game well, well prepared to play against our systems. They knew what they were doing, the 40 minutes. We didn’t score five or six minutes in the fourth quarter, it cost us the victory. The rivals played better than us and they deserved to win, ”said O. Dobričius.

Still, most sections of the Serbian basketball news on Wednesday morning are debating whether Crvena Zvezda will get a win at 20: 0 on Thursday. The Belgrade team has to play against the ASVEL team from Vilerbana, whose match on Tuesday did not happen due to new cases of COVID-19 in the team.