Updated Friday, March 15, 2024 – 22:46
Real Madrid, thanks to a good performance by Guerschon Yabusele already the inspiration in the last quarter of Facundo Campazzo y Vincent Poiriersealed their pass to the Euroleague playoffs with a victory away from home against Virtus Segafredo Bologna (74-89), thus achieving a goal that they had almost had in their hands for several weeks but that they had not yet achieved. .
The white team faced an opponent against whom they had a negative record in the Euroleague before the clash, in a difficult fiefdom where only two visitors had won this year in the highest European competition and at a delicate moment after stringing together three defeats in a row in the tournament.
The white intensity
However, he was able to put those negative psychological factors aside to come out with confidence thanks to the power of Guerschon Yabusele. The Frenchman, in one of his outbursts of fury, scored seven of his team’s first eleven points to pave the way for the ten favorable results. A timid local reaction halved that distance but Gabriel Deckwith a final triple, ended up keeping them at bay at the end of the first quarter (15-23, min.10).
Far from relaxing, the team continued to hit hard. Chus Mateo. Intense when it comes to rebounding in both rings, generous in distributing the ball and less prone to losing than in recent games; he wore down a host denied in the triple (1 of 11 at halftime) who went to intermission with the obligation to reflect (31-44, min.20).
The conclusions he drew were not of much use against a visitor with few cracks and who also dynamited possible changes in trend with decisive three-pointers. Two transformed the unstoppable Yabusele on the possession horn and another Call me Musa. Even so, they could not prevent that with a large basket of Isaiah Cordinierthe home team managed to get within ten to finish the third act (52-61, min.30).
The Campazzo moment
In this context of threat, Real Madrid was able to remain calm while the imbalance in successes from a distance persisted. However, that changed with two triples in a row.e Jordan Mickey and of Ognje Dobric. The first, a former Madrid fan, also began to lose his hair. And an 8-0 run put Virtus within just five points with five minutes remaining.
Then Facundo Campazzo appeared. The Argentine point guard, not very bright in the last matches after the long trips to play with his team against Chile, took the lead to score six consecutive points and gave another six to Vincent Poirier. That was the final touch for Real Madrid, who with their qualification for the playoffs close another chapter in their search for excellence this season.
2024-03-15 21:46:24
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