Deck blocks Real Madrid in Villeurbanne

The white team visited an advantageous opponent. He is the player he has not defeated since 2003 and has an advantageous balance of 8-1 in his last 9 matches. This, in addition to both of their different positions at the table, helped visitors find themselves comfortable on the rink.

The locals resisted at the initial stage when the failure of one and the other resulted in only four points per side in almost three and a half minutes. Inefficiency from the environment, broken A trio from Cornelie who let her team get out of a maze where the French team is stuck. From there, Chus Mateo’s flowed until they split at the end of the first quarter and doubled their numbers (10-20).

The break was good for Asvel. Five points from Mathews and three points from their only triple in the first half, despite 12 tries, cut them down to six. after the storm Dazan Musa, in one of his usual bursts of inspiration, To respond with two long throws that reinforce a 2-8 run.

The hosts rowed again until they saw the six-point barrier once again, but once again realized that they had stopped on purpose with this three-pointer from Sergio Rodríguez. From that moment and until the break, Real Madrid continued to add more often on the contrary. this and collecting more than twice the number of defensive rebounds, lIt served to take the fifteen rents to the locker room (32-47).

Back on the field, the most connected returnees were Nando De Colo and Fabien Causeur, who were alternately involved in an attractive three-pointer swap that allowed them to score four in a row.. The Spanish team then began to fail in their attack and paid the price for it by taking a 6-0 streak at the end of the third quarter that allowed the French to fall less than him distance.

Far from slowing down, the dynamics became a habit in Obasohan’s hands until he turned into an 8-1 run that put Asvel just two behind.. Deck then threw the madridistas on his back and signed a 0-6 draw that unilaterally untied the knot and eventually became the final.

But, It wasn’t all that good news for Chus Mateos’ men, as in the last moments Walter Tavares was forced to retire with painful movements after spraining his ankle. At the dawn of a month when Real Madrid’s commitments in the League and Euroleague are piling up.