UNICS Kazan and Barcelona you see the faces in the matchday 22 of the regular phase of the Euroleague 2021/2022, which is very interesting, even more so if we remember the spectacular match that the Barça team won by 111-109 to close the first round of European competition. The group trained by Conversation Jasikevicius wants to go one step further in his career as a solo leader Euroleague, but it will not be easy for him in Russia against one of the revelation teams of the season.
The azulgrana team still remembers the exhausting victory in the fief culé, in a Palau Blaugrana where he suffered and had to make the biggest possible comeback to beat the Russian team. The Blaugrana trailed by 20 points in the last quarter and made a formidable comeback that allowed them to win in extra time.
The Barça de Sarunas Jasikevicius reached the grand final of the playoff of the Euroleague last season, where he lost to Anadolu Efes in the last game. In the regular phase, right now they are the best team in Europe with a balance of 16 wins for only 4 losses. He has a win advantage over the Real Madrid, second with 15 wins and 3 losses, but two less played games.
The quality of the Barça squad is very high, with a wide variety of top players such as Nikola Mirotic, Cory Higgins, Nick Calathes o Brandon Davies, among others. That is why the Barça He is one of the great favorites to win the title of the Euroleague. However, it has very significant casualties. Mirotic he will not be able to play having contracted the coronavirus, while despite having very important casualties right now, two of them are key pieces such as his own Abrines and Calathes. Cory Higgins He has returned in recent games and will be very important in the absence of Mirotic.
The Barça has won in the last day of the Euroleague at home to his own Anadolu Efes por 82-77. Rokas Jokubaitis It was the maximum score with 16 points, it’s good Nikola Mirotic he was once again the leader of the azulgrana team, where he left up to 15 points. The Turkish center Sertac Sanli he played a good game again against his former team, against whom he scored 13 points.
The team of Jasikevicius has incorporated this season 2021/2022 to center Sertac Sanli (Anadolu Efes),al joven Rokas Jokubaitis (Zalgiris Kaunas), al base Nicolás Laprovittolto (Real Madrid) already Nigel Hayes (Zalgiris). On the contrary, 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 UNICS Boiler, for its part, occupies the regular phase of the Euroleague seventh place with 11 wins and 7 losses. The Russian team, making its debut in the top continental competition at club level, has had an excellent first round so far.
The team of Kazan He comes from winning in his last match in Euroleague, also to Anadolu Efes, 75-67. The most outstanding player of the Russian team in attack is undoubtedly John Brown, who went up to 20 scoring points.
When is UNICS Kazan – Barça played?
the match is played Today, Thursday, January 20, at 5:00 p.m.
Where to see the UNICS Kazan – Barça?
The meeting can be seen by DAZN, a platform that broadcasts the Euroleague in Spain. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.