Real Madrid and Laso want to break their bad streak in Moscow
MADRID, Jan. 13 (SportsFinding) –
Real Madrid will have a serious test to maintain its impeccable current winning streak in the Euroleague when it visits this Tuesday (6:00 pm) on the nineteenth day to the Russian CSKA Moscow, current champion, but that is not giving up as in previous seasons.
The Madrid team already accumulates 13 consecutive wins in the top continental competition, a record since the introduction of the new format, but now it will have a hard start on a field that has not been given too well, although its rival 'scares' less than in other campaigns and the one that already beat clearly in the WiZink Center (97-81).
Those of Pablo Laso, co-leaders with the Efes with a balance of 15-3, open another week full of demand in the Euroleague, with a new double day that Russia will have as an epicenter since after visiting Dimitris Itoudis, they will be measured Khimki on Thursday to return to Spain and face Kirolbet Baskonia on Sunday.
To face three games of physical and mental level, the Vitorian coach has the good news of the return to action of the base Sergio Llull and the Argentine forward Gabriel Deck, although he will continue with the loss of Anthony Randolph and can not count on a toned Rudy Fernández who, 'touched' in the back, no longer played the derby against Movistar Estudiantes on Sunday, where Fabien Causeur also rested.
The worked victory against Zalgiris Kaunas last Thursday kept Real Madrid in its great moment of play, not even altered by physical problems, which has shown the depth of its staff, a slight advantage over a CSKA that has not finished recover from the march of key players.
Nando de Colo (Fenerbahce), Corey Higgins (Barça) and Sergio Rodríguez (Milan) closed their stage in the current continental champion, who also had the misfortune of also losing by injury to Will Clyburn, the 'MVP' of the 'Final to Cuatro 'from Belgrade and that for this meeting he cannot count on the Latvian Strelnieks either. Therefore, forward Howard Sant-Roos has come to reinforce a team where Mike James and Kyle Hines continue as their best values.
In spite of everything, the Muscovite team survives with a balance of 12-6, but already with the same losses as in all the Regular Phase of last season. From its lower reliability, it is expected to take advantage of a Real Madrid that is not very good at the field of his rival, where he has lost in his last six visits. In fact, Pablo Laso has not won in this pavilion as a Madrid coach.
DATA SHEET.
–EQUIPMENT.
CSKA MOSCOW: James, Hilliard, Kurbanov, Hines and Voigtmann –possible initial quintet– Bolomboy, Hackett, Antonov, Vorontsevich, Koufos, Baker, Sant-Roos, Ukhov and Kulagin.
REAL MADRID: Campazzo, Llull, Taylor, Thompkins and Tavares – possible initial quintet – Mickey, Deck, Carroll, Causeur, Laprovittola, Mejri, Reyes, Garuba and Nakic.
– ARBITRATORS: Christodoulou, Paternico and Bissang.
– PAVILION: Megasport Arena.