Humiliated by Monaco last Friday, Real Madrid recovered this Thursday on the occasion of the 23rd day of the Euroleague. Under the eyes of footballer Jude Bellingham, the Madrilenians won against Olympiakos (6th before this duel) of Moustapha Fall unfortunately absent, for the remake of the last final. Final victory 90-85 for Real who were scared at the end of the match despite clear domination during a large part of the match.
The first half went completely in favor of the competition leaders (52-30) who let the Greeks come back little by little thanks to a fiery Kostas Papanikolaou (25 points at 6/8 behind the line). Under pressure, the Merengues managed the end of the match and can thank their leader Facundo Campazzo, distributor of 9 assists, and Dzanan Musa impeccable in scoring (20 points).
Vincent Poirier stood out with 7 points and above all 9 rebounds. On the bench at the start, Fabien Causeur only scored 3 points in 17 minutes while Guerschon Yabusele was left to rest and had to sweat in the stands. With 10 points ahead of FC Barcelona and Virtus Bologna, Real Madrid consolidates its place at the top of the ranking.
Maccabi recovers, Noua’s successful first with Fenerbahçe
At home, Maccabi Tel-Aviv had to return to victory after three consecutive losses. The Israelis scored an important victory (90-75) against Panathinaikos, unbeaten in 7 matches in all competitions. Carried by Wade Baldwin (22 points, 6/7 to 2 pts), Maccabi moves back to sixth place and gets closer to Mathias Lessort’s team, which was not very successful this Thursday evening (4 points to 2/4 on shooting) despite 6 rebounds taken.
Finally, Fenerbahçe had its 11th success in 12 matches at home against Virtus Bologna (88-75). For his first in the Fener jersey, Amine Noua did not disappoint (9 points, 1 rebound) and his ex-Alsatian coach Lassi Tuovi can bite his fingers.
On the French side, Isaac Cordinier put up a good stats sheet (11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists) but did not prevent the defeat of the Italians. Last before receiving the Red Star Belgrade, Alba Berlin thought of leaving its place of red lantern to Asvel with its victory against the Serbs (89-80) but that was without counting on the exploit of the Villeurbannais of near Munich.
