Barça’s unexpected slip in the ANGT has been double and the Catalan team has been left out of the final that will be played this Sunday at the Uber Eats Music Hall. Carlos Marín’s pupils had just lost on Friday against the Overtime Elite team, a training league from the United States, and this Saturday they confirmed the bad feelings by falling and leaving the pass to Paris on a silver platter.
They needed to win by 11 points or more to, with a three-way tie with the French and the Americans, take first place in group B, but reality had other plans. Barça failed for the second time in this final phase: 101-96. There will, therefore, not be a Clásico in the final. Other years the champion has been decided by a clash between Spaniards, and this year it made perfect sense after the Blaugranas beat the whites in the Nacional this year by 26 points, but only Madrid has made it through. The title match will be played at 12:30 p.m.
Barcelona’s lack of success in this ANGT has sent them out of privileged positions. Despite the spectacular performance of Dabone and the good work of Jakucionis, perhaps the two players most often referred to, the youngsters of Pôle France did not let them breathe at any time. Every time they tried to stretch the score, they responded with two cups. A deserved victory for Kebe’s team.
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Barça’s executioner was, above all, a stinging Nolan Traoré, who at 17 years old is in the race to reach the 2025 Draft and with performances like this he goes up in numbers (as you can understand). What a way to punish. 45 points with great success: 4/8 in three-point shots, 10/14 in two-point shots and 13/16 in free throws. For those who believe that he even threw his shoes, point out that he almost had a double-double because he distributed 9 assists. He absorbed the game in the best way possible. Kasparas Jakucionis’s effort was in vain, leaving a good impression but without any impact on the final result. His 31 points made him the best Barcelona player of the match; Other notables were Dame Sarr and Sayon Keita, both with 18 goals. Mohamed Dabone, the 12-year-old Burkinabe center who is aiming so high, only played ten minutes.
And before, Madrid beat Ulm well
There is no stopping this Real Madrid junior in the final phase of the Euroleague in that category that is being played in Berlin, like the seniors, during this week. The team led by Javi Juárez had already qualified for the final yesterday, which has led them to let go of their nerves and squander all the quality they have saved before playing for a new trophy on Sunday.
On the 3rd day of the group stage they faced off against Ulm, one of the two German teams, and the victory was incontestable. 53-86 in a dressing task for the meringues. All the concentration was on playing at ease and avoiding physical mishaps in the face of what comes to them tomorrow.
You cannot draw extreme conclusions from a match like this. Yes, this generation of Real Madrid, most of whom are in their second year in these companies, has these types of tournaments on their hands. The experience they have acquired shows and makes many place them as the favorites for the final victory. More after Barça’s slip. They are the current champions and they are going to make it count.
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Madrid broke from the start and made the path tortuous for Ulm, a club where ex-Madrid player Juan Núñez (in their main squad) is training for the elite. They finished with 26% accuracy in shots from two and 25% in shots from three. With such percentages it is practically impossible to compete with a candidate to win the championship. Those from Juárez came out with the roller activated, patching up the first act with an 8-30 partial, and going on autopilot for the rest of the evening. Declan Duru, with 16 points and 7 rebounds, was the most outstanding; without forgetting other actors such as Egor Demin, Sidi Gueye or Hugo González, all three with 14 goals each, or Amadou Traore’s 14 rating.
2024-05-25 13:58:03
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