Euroleague: Monaco in Tel Aviv – Zvezdan Mitrovic: “It’s a pleasure to play in such an atmosphere”
AS Monaco is meeting again this evening (8 p.m.) in the lair of Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Notice of storm !
La Roca Team are preparing to face one of the most successful teams in the Euroleague. 55 times champion of Israel since 1954, 44 times winner of the Israel Cup, 6 times winner of the Euroleague and 9 times finalist thereof, Maccabi Tel Aviv represents the pride of a nation and is also a figure contender for the European title. Indeed, this season the Israeli team has regained its former glory with 6 wins and 3 defeats on the clock. For their last meeting, the men of Ioannis Sfairopoulos lost a small point in Moscow against CSKA (73-74).
In its Menora Mivtachim Arena, in yellow and blue colors and with 10,300 supporters, this meeting will also be an opportunity for the Roca Team to find its former pivot, with whom it won the Eurocup 2021: Mathias Lessort. The international French interior, who signed a two-month contract for Maccabi at the end of September, was turning 11.6 points and 4 rebounds before Croatian pivot Ante Zizic returned from injury. Unfortunately he was relegated to the bench there was.
Authors of a superb performance to Gaston-Médecin during their last Euroleague meeting, against Bayern Munich (94-72), Zvezdan Mitrovic’s men followed up with a demonstration in the league against Cholet (102-59) on Sunday . The Roca Boys remain on three victories in their last four Euroleague meetings. With 5 wins and 4 defeats on the clock, the Roca Team is still in the Top 8.
“The atmosphere in the hall of Maccabi is the best with that of Belgrade and that of Pana, it is a pleasure to play in such an atmosphere. The Maccabi missed the last layup against Moscow for the win and remained on five straight wins. They are a formidable team especially at home. My players are motivated and to go even further, we must be ready to face this kind of opponent on the road, ”conceded Zvezdan Mitrovic, Roca Team coach, after the match against Cholet.