Valencia seeks to get excited before a drunken Barça

Valencia seeks to get excited before a drunken Barça

MADRID, 22 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Valencia Basket receives Barça this Friday (8:30 p.m.) at La Fonteta, on matchday 15 of the Euroleague Regular Phase, in a 'made in acb' duel in which the 'taronja' will try to take advantage of the home court factor to overcome a Barça that in Europe seems to have taken the measure and that arrives on a good run.

After fighting for victory in Munich, it was finally Bayern who took the victory (97-92) against a Valencia that started well but could not finish the job. Now, at home and with an air of revenge for what happened during Barça's visit in the Endesa League, they will try to achieve the seventh victory in this Euroleague.

Continuing with the good offensive scoring inertia that Valencia Basket has had in the last four could be key for the 'taronja', with 100 points scored on average. Of course, Barça is the best defense in this Euroleague (75.3 points conceded on average) and on top of that it has an average of 63.6 points received in the last week.

And it is that Barça comes from beating Panathinaikos (74-68) at the Palau Blaugrana and AS Monaco (63-69) at home to leave behind the unexpected defeat against ASVEL Villeurbanne (74-75). A good week that they want to continue against a Valencia Basket that in their last match at home beat Panathinaikos (94-91), tight but important.

It will be the fourth time that Barça visits Valencia Basket at La Fonteta in the Euroleague, with a balance of one 'taronja' victory and two blaugranas. It is more common to see the 'culés' in the Valencian fiefdom in the acb, and on their last visit the duel ended with 80-92 for the Catalans.

"We've had some rest, after a demanding week. We're going to have to be at a high level to win there. For me, one of the most important men is Rivero. And because of their form, it's a team that can beat anyone ", commented the blaugrana coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, in the preview of the clash. "We have to maintain the level of this week, especially defensively. When we can defend that strong, we are very difficult to win," he added.

For his part, the 'taronja' coach, Álex Mumbrú, recalled that defeat in the domestic competition. "A few weeks ago we played against FC Barcelona at home, you already know how the game went and this time we will try to plan a game in which we are from the first quarter. party," he added.

VALENCIA BASKET: Harper, Prepelic, Puerto, Alexander and Rivero --possible starting five--; Claver, Pradilla, Webb III, López-Arostegui, Ferrando, Radebaugh and Dubljevic.

BARÇA: Laprovittola, Satoransky, Kalinic, Mirotic and Vesely --possible quinteto initial--; Da Silva, Paulí, Higgins, Tobey, Kuric, Jokubaitis and Nnaji.

--REFEREES: Difallah, Rocha and Shemmesh.

-- PAVILION: La Fonteta.