AEK Larnaca - Sassari (-14.5)

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Return to action and to the FIBA ​​Europe Cup with the 3 2 races of the XNUMX Phase Groups of the event.

AEK passed the 1 Phase in the last game, taking advantage of its headquarters and winning the final qualifying against Minsk with 82-77, in a group lacking the megacities. The Cyprus champion, however, found them in the 2 Phase of the event, after being drawn to the same group with the two stronger teams of this Phase, the Italians Varese and Sassari, leaving the Groningen group 4n too much room for optimism for further exceedances in the institution. AEK has made a foothold in the group traveling to Italy to face Varese and got a taste of how much the level has picked up compared to the first round knowing the crash with 109-74. We took advantage of the bug that offered the handicap on the ace in very little (-12,5) and we went treasury since the Italians have won a training style with a threefold difference from what we were calling for. Then AEK hosted Dutch Groningen, a team that has the best roster from the Cypriot, but I thought it would be the only game that the Larnaca might have seemed to be competitive, but eventually they were again rioted with 56-78. A common feature is the collapse of the team in the second half of the matches, proving that the team can not fight at these rhythms, against such level opponents for 40 minutes, with the level, pace and tempo in the Cyprus Championship being something different . Typically AEK lost 11 1 to 2 against Varese, while 24 with 1, while against the Dutch were competitive at 2 half where he was back to score with only 2 points, but he collapsed again at 22 and lost with 7. As far as the championship is concerned, Saturday lost to Apollo after 3 with victories winning Apoll as a roommate on top, this year's championship being much more competitive than last year and will have to make much more effort to keep the sights, since this year it will not only have to do with the Thunderbolt. He made a change to his roster for 2014 for 2017 XNUMX and XNUMX, American Bartender Tyreek Andrew Duren who was previously in Colosseum Rodos rookie in the position of compatriot Lashard Anderson, a move that would hardly change the fate of the team against Sassari.

The Italian team won the Groningen group in the Netherlands, but lost the Italian Civil War to its headquarters from Varese, so it stayed at 2 with Dutch co-host who won AEK. They traveled to Cyprus with all players available, with coach Esposito saying they will fight with 100% dedication to the match, as with the double in Cyprus and a new victory over Groningen in Italy in the next game, they will logically end with the case qualification. In a very good phase, the team, having overcome Pesaro, Brescia and Trieste for the Italian championship, 3 wins 6's top score, and will be in the 8 Cup after the end of the 1 round the next weekend. A team that plays in very high tempo and aggressively sets fire, being 2 the best attack in Italy scoring 89 points per match since only Milan puts more this year.

2 appointment against an Italian team in the AEK Group and a difficult afternoon. Sassari does not play Varese's defense, but scores much more than her. In fact, he is struggling at a much higher tempo and AEK, which has shown herself remaining in the 2 half-time of her matches in the group, may face a more serious problem with Sassari, who runs much more than the rest of the group. The Italians are in a very good stage, they are defeated in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup and will seek to return to victories in a faithful way. AEK lost 35 points from Varese and 22 from Groningen, and since Sassari is not indifferent and is in very good shape 15 points of difference are the least I expect of them. Besides, Sassari and the Italians in general are not awarded and do not show pity to any opponent, and if they are given the opportunity they will deny you. And Esposito's time to spread throughout the roster, the Italians' substitutes are again too much for the Cypriot team.

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