Barça and Olimpia of Milan you see the faces in the Twentieth day of the regular phase of the Euroleague 2021/2022, which faces the first game of the first round of the European competition. The team trained by Conversation Jasikevicius wants to take another step in his career as a solo leader the Euroleague with a new triumph in the culé fiefdom, a Palau Blaugrana where he wants to become strong and overcome the Italian team, one of the few that has surpassed him in the first round of the competition.
The Barça de Sarunas Jasikevicius He comes to this game with significant casualties that he carries between injured and infected by the coronavirus. The quality of the Barça squad is very high, with a great variety of senior players such as Nikola Mirotic, but the casualties of Cory Higgins, Nick Calathes o Brandon Davies, among others, are weighing heavily.
That is why the Barça is one of the great favorites to get the title of the Euroleague, despite having very important casualties right now, two of them are key pieces like their own Higgins and Calathes. Alex Abrines It is not available in the azulgrana team either; in addition to the mentioned casualties due to injury.
The Barça still has in the squad the positives of the point guard Dante Exum, the eaves Sergi Martinez, the pivot Brandon Davies and the homegrown players Michael Caicedo and Gael Bonilla. That is why the Lithuanian coach will have to opt for a rotation that allows to dose efforts and use the depth of the Barça squad.
The Barça comes from competing until overtime before BAXI Manresa on the Endesa League, where they were down in the fourth quarter by almost 10 points (68-77). Nikola Mirotic He was once again the leader of the Barça team, seconded by the point guard Nicolás Laprovittola.
The team of Jasikevicius has incorporated this 2021/2022 season to pivot Sertac Sanli (Anadolu Efes),al joven Rokas Jokubaitis (Zalgiris Kaunas), al base Nicolás Laprovittola (Real Madrid) now Nigel Hayes (Zalgiris). By cons, they have left Artem Pustovyi (Herbalife Gran Canaria), Victor Claver (Valencia Basket), Adam Hanga (Real Madrid), Leo Westermann (Monaco) and Leandro Bolmaro (Minnesota Timberwolves).
The Olympia of Milan, for its part, occupies the regular phase of the Euroleague sixth place with 10 wins and six losses. So far he has made a first round where the Italian team has gone from more to less. Sergio Rodríguez and Ettore Messina are in the transalpine team, which in the first round beat Barcelona 75-70.
When do you play Barça – Olimpia Milan?
The game is played Today, Tuesday, January 11, at 9:00 p.m.
Where to see the Barça – Olimpia of Milan?
The encounter can be seen by DAZN, platform that relays the Euroleague in Spain. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.