30/09/2023
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With virtually no time to recover from the last battle experienced a couple of weeks ago in Murcia, in the semi-finals of the ACB Super Cup, Real Madrid and Barcelona They compete this Sunday (6:30 p.m. CET) on second classic it’s from the season. It will not be the only one of the month of October, since whites and azulgranas will also meet again at the Wizink Center next Thursday the 26th at 8:45 p.m. (CET) in a match of Euroleague.
Despite the equality experienced in a large part of the party, the group of Chus Mateo showed that he starts the course one step ahead, something also understandable taking into account the starting point at which the renewed project of Barça. Even so, Roger Grimau and their players have it in their hands to change the trend, although they will have to greatly improve the version offered in the last league match in Palencia, where they added the second victory of the season in a miraculous way, with a carom executed to perfection by Nico Laprovittola, from the free kick, which served to take the game to extra time in which they ended up winning by 83-84.
Deck and Rudy, without debuting in ACB yet
For the match against Barça, Real Madrid will have a serious problem in the form of absence. So far, both Gabriel Deck as Rudy Fernández They have not dressed short in the first two Endesa League games. The Argentine forward made a small tear in the femoral muscle of the right leg in the last classic, while the Spaniard did play in the two Super Cup matches, and his absence against both Zaragoza and Manresa could respond to a rotation issue.
Tavares, the big doubt in Madrid
The big setback will be absence of an Edy Tavares that he stayed at home and did not travel to the Nou Congost, where Madrid earned a hard-fought 88-94 victory against Pedro Martínez’s team. Asked at a press conference about the absence, Chus Mateo reported that the Cape Verdean center has suffered a respiratory infection in the last few hours, and will make it impossible to participate in the classic. Furthermore, the Euroleague starts next week, and Madrid travels to Vitoria to face Baskonia on Friday the 6th at 8:30 p.m. (CET).
A match to show muscle against Barça
Tavares, one of the most dominant of European basketball, was already capable of hurting Barça in the Super Cup. 13 points, 11 rebounds, 4 recoveries and 4 blocks for a PIR of 28. + 22 with him on the track. Once again, the numbers do not lie, and his absence will be more than transcendental.
For its part, Barça will arrive in Madrid with the full availability of the squad, so Roger Grimau You must make two discards. Before Palencia, Jan Vesely and Michael Caicedo They were the two players who rested due to a technical decision.
2023-09-30 10:34:19
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