Eight games at the end of the regular season of the Euroleague. It is not necessary to underline how important they are. In some sporadic exceptions, all teams still play for something very concrete.
The Olimpia arrives at this game, the last one on the field, with a record of 14-12, the same in Barcelona and Partizan and is worth a position between the eighth and tenth place, all good for the play-in, even if the level of difficulty is closely connected to the end position (the Olimponona is 1-1 but in the debt in the debt; Partizan-Barcel).
At the same time, Olimpia is a victory with a precious seventh place of Paris Basketball and a defeat of the 11th of Real Madrid, which today would be the first among the teams that are eliminated after the sixth. With eight games to play everything is still possible. It also applies to the opponent of Olimpia, the AS Monaco that is 16-10, which is the balance that the third has and also the sixth in the rankings. Both teams return from a painful break.
Both teams only played the final of their National Cup, the Olimpia with Trento, a monk with the man (before he came to Milan, he won the semi -final of the French Cup, which is a further competition against the axle sheet). So they are injured and determined at the same time.
The principal team also added a fourth center to its selection, with the pedigree of the Great Star, or the German Daniel Theis, on his return to Europe after eight seasons. The Olimpia compared to the last races of Euroleague restores Nikola Mirotic (second in the evaluation, fourth in points, fifth in the rebounds), but loses Leandro Bolmaro, who has his right shoulder.
Messina: “We have prepared well”
“Both we and we are against them because they cannot win the National Cup – says coach Messina – but we have prepared well to resume our journey in a Euroleague where every match will be extremely important from now on. Returning to a valid circulation of the ball and a defense that can generate balls to go on the counterattack, that is deeply of a team as a monaco.”
How to follow the game on TV and streaming
Olimpia Milano-Aas Monaco will be played on Thursday 27 February at 20:30 at the Unipol Forum
Arbitri Emine Mogulkoc (Turchia), Carlos Wig (Spagna), Arthurus (Lituania)
Direct TV and streaming on Sky Sport, now and Dazn
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