Sergio ScarioloItalian coach of Real Madridindicated in the preview of the meeting of the nineteenth day of the Euroleague that his team must use “all out” defensively to control the Dubai Basketballwho will visit the Movistar Arena this Friday (20:45, Movistar Plus+).
“It is a complex match due to the quality of the rival and we will surely have to employ thoroughly defensively to keep them under control. It won’t be easy, but at the same time we have a lot of motivation to be able to play a good game in front of our fans and add to the Euroleague standings,” Scariolo told the club’s media.
Real Madrid, currently in tenth place in the table, in the play inwith 10 wins and 8 losses, wants to continue its good form at home, where it has only lost this season in European competition against Panathinaikos Greek, on November 13.
The whites arrive after falling in their last match against the finalist of the last edition, Monaco, by 100-95, in a great game by the Argentine point guard Facundo Campazzowho recorded his second best personal rating in the competition with 41 credits (28 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds).
Dubai Basketball, debuting this season in the Euroleague, seems to have recovered from the numerous losses that affected the team at the beginning of the season. One of them is the Bosnian Dzanan Musaformer merengue player the last two seasons, who was injured in the ABA league and has only been able to play the first two European matches with the Emirati club.
Scariolo defined his rival as a squad “with very good players in the one against one and a very good ability to attack the basket”, but appealed to the local factor to be able to take the victory.
“Dubai is a team very complete on an offensive levelwith a long staff and many resources. All rivals are complicated, and even more so at this stage of the season. We like to play in front of our audience and that is an advantage, but it stops being so if we think that it can help us save effort,” he added.
Musa will not be on the parquet of what was his home until this summer and He has not traveled to Madrid either. with the team. It doesn’t seem like Kosta will wear shorts either. Condition. By Nate Mason ni I have it Jaitehthe latter is out for the entire season due to a rupture in his Achilles tendon.
Serbian international Aleksa Avramovicout of the last two games in the Euroleague, returned to play last weekend in the Adriatic League against Krka Novo Mesto, so his return to the helm of Dubai Basketball is expected. Filip also appears among the notable names PetrusevDavis Bertans o Mfiondu Kabengelewho were linked as possible reinforcements for Real Madrid in recent seasons, the Americans Dwayne Bacon Jr y McKinley Wright IV or the former white player Klemen Prepelic.
The club trained by Jurica Golemac He is twelfth in the classification with 9 wins and 9 lossesso a possible victory would tighten the table even more. There are still no precedents between both teams, so it will be the first time that Real Madrid faces Dubai Basketball, founded in 2023.
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