Three days after being non-existent at home against Zalgiris Kaunas (77-96), we will therefore have to rely on ASVEL to avoid a dark week on the European scene for French clubs, now at 0/5 in the space of 72 hours after the big defeats of Paris (79-99 against Dubai) and Monaco (78-90 in Madrid in the EuroLeague).
Two generally similar matches, where the representatives of Betclic ÉLITE did not exist in the first half: the capital team was led 32-52 by the Emirati club, while AS Monaco was already on the ropes in the den of Real (31-54).
One week at 6/22 for Hifi
At the Adidas Arena, Paris Basketball was also weighed down by the new delicate performance of Nadir Hifi (10 points at 3/13), who certainly experienced the most difficult week of his career in the EuroLeague. Yakuba Ouattara sounded the revolt in the third quarter (53-65, 28th minute), but the improvement did not last long.
“In the second half, we gave everything to come back”analyzes coach Francesco Tabellini, interviewed by EuroLeague TV. “But as soon as we got closer, Dubai hit big shots. We need to find a solution so that everyone contributes to our most important values: cohesion, defense, effort, the desire to share the ball. This is super important because otherwise, we will be inconsistent all the time, never on the same wavelength. Our irregularity is very difficult to explain. We have difficulty creating cohesion because the team has changed so much. »
Maledon injured in Madrid
As for the Roca Team, they also tried to come back, even going below 10 points five minutes from the end, but they were starting from even further behind. Imperial (17 points and 11 assists) in the absence of Théo Maledon, injured after 71 seconds of play, Facundo Campazzo ended up dashing the last hopes of the Roca Team. Still second on Monday evening, ASM sees its place in the Top 6 threatened by this week with two defeats.
“We weren’t ready, mentally, physically”regrets Terry Tarpey. “We were talking to each other, we didn’t align our actions with our words. We missed a lot of things, it was a bad match for us. We have big goals for the end of the season, we will have to show a different face. »
