Euroleague. Real Madrid and Tavares overwhelm Red Star in Belgrade (59-79)

In the most even Euroleague in history, Madrid beat Maccabi the previous day by 33 points (98-65) and in the Sala Pionir they beat Red Star, one of the sensations of the season, by 20 (59-79). ). In the quintet of teams with eleven wins, Chus Mateo’s was the first to reach a dozen.

Dusko Ivanovic’s Red Star has become a more than respectable block. And that against Madrid could not count on Luca Vildoza and Facu Campazzo. An injury and a penalty leave Belgrade without their two biggest threats. Without the Argentine couple they were also able to compete for three quarters. The Serbs had 16 victories in the last 18 games and when they began to warm up driven by the Pionir Room, Madrid had to assume that victory was going to be expensive.

As so many other times, those of Chus Mateo clung to the “factor Tavares” (17 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks) to feel comfortable. In the shadow of the Cape Verdean they joined Williams-Goss y Musa to give a notable advantage at the beginning of the second quarter (17-31). Madrid dominated the rebound and were almost infallible in shooting from two (they only made three errors in the first two quarters), but Nedovic he had already begun to grease the wrist. The escort first held his team and then propelled him with the help of Petrusev to balance the duel at halftime (34-38).