Monaco has a first chance to finish the job. After its demonstration of strength during the third round of the Betclic Élite final (88-59), last Sunday, the Roca Team only needs one success against Paris Basketball to win a new championship title of France. That she will be keen to win in hostile terrain, in a packed Adidas Arena, this Wednesday.
But the Parisians, despite a marathon season, will be keen to win at home to earn the right to play a great decisive match on Friday in the Principality. “There is fatigue for both teams, the season has been long, but we are two games away from the title, we do not think about fatigue in these cases,” assures Parisian leader Nadir Hifi. We know how complicated it is to win a title, we won’t give up. »
Same speech from his trainer. “We have absolutely no doubt that we can beat them,” says Tuomas Iisalo. During all our training, we built up a lot of self-confidence, which is the great strength of this group. We played very badly (Sunday) and they played very well, but in the end it doesn’t change anything whether we lost by one point or 30, the result is the same. Our backs are against the wall, the group is aware of the emergency. »
Dominant since the start of the season, Monaco will however start as favorites for the match. Logical given his performance during the first round, where Mike James carried his team to victory (90-80). And if an excess of clumsiness had cut the momentum of the Roca Team in match 2 (70-77), its enormous defensive performance last weekend must have left its mark in the minds of Parisians.
Match 4 of the Betclic Élite finals between Monaco and Paris Basketball will be followed this Wednesday, June 12 at 9:05 p.m. on the L’Équipe Channel.
