Euroleague: Why does Real Madrid only have 48 hours between the Joventut game and the Euroleague game against Partizán?

Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid football coachHe regretted that his team will only have three days between the Copa del Rey final against Osasuna and the Champions League semifinal against Manchester City. He shares a problem with Chus Mateo, his counterpart from the basketball sectionwhich the calendar also puts in trouble next week.

Madrid will finish their Endesa League match against Joventut this Sunday at around 8:00 p.m.. If the development is normal and as long as there are no extensions. On Tuesday, at 8:45 p.m., the kick-off of the first match against Partizan in the Euroleague playoffs will take place. Just 48 hours between the end of one match and the start of the other and with a trip in between. Comfortable, yes. It could have been longer and worse.

All the games are very close and you practically can’t get people back physically. We have two very demanding games in three days

Chus Mateo, coach of Real Madrid

Of the eight teams in the quarterfinals of the top European competition, the whites will be the ones with the least rest before facing the start of the qualifiers. Maccabi played their league game this Thursday, Partizán and Fenerbahce did it this Friday and this Saturday it’s up to Barcelona, ​​Monaco, Zalgiris and Olympiacos. MARCA has consulted the two competitions and the Madrid club. The conclusion: the tight calendar, the televisions and the occupation of the pavilions are behind the narrow margin between the two appointments.

The date of the match against Joventut has been known for months, when the ACB made the calendar public. All parties and competitions knew about it. The Madrid club tried to bring the game forward to this Saturday. It was not possible. Movistar considers it ‘The great game’ of the day and it must be played on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. It would also have been good for La Penya to postpone itbecause on Wednesday they will play the semifinal of the Eurocup against Gran Canaria in Las Palmas. There were no dates to relocate it. The schedules are saturated.

The weight of televisions

The WiZink Center is not busy on Wednesday or Friday, so the first two games of the series against Partizan could have been delayed a day… but the Serbs could only play Tuesday and Thursday. Besides, DAZN, which offers Euroleague matches, asks that Madrid and Barcelona not play on the same day and the Catalans could not play on Thursday. So it was unfeasible to change the two heats of days.

A succession of problems that will limit the rest of the whites before one of the most demanding and decisive events of the season. And this Sunday, a duel against Joventut that the two teams will face with their heads set on their respective European matches. Madrid is torn between lining up the best trying not to lose more distance in the Endesa League with Barcelona and BaskoniaWell, now I wouldn’t even have the home court factor in the semifinals, or regulate the minutes of their most important players before the imminent visit of Zeljko Obradovic’s Partizan and the short time between one match and another.

“All the games are very close and you practically can’t get people back physically. We have two very demanding games in three days, against Joventut and on Tuesday at the start of the Euroleague playoff. we have to think that All the matches between now and the end of the season are exams.”says Chus Mateo.