After a tasty first leg, the EuroCup semi-final second leg between Villeneuve-d’Ascq and ASVEL kept all its promises. At the end of the battle, it was the Lyonnais who composed their ticket for the European final… and Marine Johannès, author of a crazy streak in money-time, is obviously no stranger to it…
They did! By resisting Villeneuve-d’Ascq in a white-hot room, and despite a splinter suffered in the third quarter which could leave them fearing the worst, the ASVEL players will indeed play the EuroCup final after this hard-earned qualification. The score of 71-69 in favor of the Rhone leaves no doubt: after the victory of 4 points in the first leg, the total is 155 to 149 on this thrilling confrontation.
Kennedy Burke’s 14 points will therefore not have been enough, nor even if this ultra long distance shot by Caroline Heriaud…
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Putting this triple right in front of Marine Johannès… ???????????? pic.twitter.com/Eyj9HYk4CR
— Manu Fresno (@Maanuf96) March 23, 2023
The crazy sequence of Marine Johannès in full money-time
Opposite, ASVEL has mainly relied on its two most confirmed stars, Sandrine Gruda and Marine Johannès. The first planted 23 points and took 7 rebounds (10/15) shooting, while the second once again ignited social networks with a crazy streak. Under pressure, in the middle of the fourth quarter, the rear of Les Bleues chained a 3-point shot on one leg and an alley-oop in the space of 28 seconds…
my goodness Marin Johannes.
What 28 seconds. pic.twitter.com/xZpeEFHVZY
— Luis Vallejo (@Lvallejocolom) March 23, 2023
My God, Marine Johannes.
Those 28 seconds of madness.
In total, Johannès completes the game with 17 pawns on the clock, to which must be added 3 rebounds and 3 assists. And after all, what to do when the one who also evolves at Liberty in the WNBA is in the zone like that?
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What a shot of the Villeurbannaise! ????@ASVEL_Feminine x @MarineJ5
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— SKWEEK (@skweektv) March 23, 2023
Carried by the shock duo Gruda – Johannès, the Lionesses did not steal this qualification with forceps in the final. It will now be necessary to bring down Galatasaray, winner of Venice in the other semi-final, to reach the promised land. But with this Lyon squad, anything is possible…
