USK Praha basketball players will start a series of home matches against EL in Venice
Updates: 11/30/2021 11:19 AM
Released: 30.11.2021, 11:19
Prague – Basketball players of USK Prague will welcome Venice to the 7th round of the European League and try to consolidate their position in the forefront of Group A. Trustee Natalie Hejková will attack the fifth victory in this year’s competition and want to continue the week-long triumph against Riga by 51 points. At the same time, he will start a series of three domestic Euroleague matches in the Královka hall with a duel with his Italian opponent.
“These matches will decide how it continues to crystallize in our group. We have a clear goal to win them all,” Hejková said in an interview with ČTK. “We are starting with Venice, which is a super unpleasant opponent. Although they have the penultimate place behind Szekszárd in the table, they have very good players and we must not underestimate anything against them,” added the Slovak coach, who is waiting for them at home next week. Moscow.
The Czech champions have so far defeated the Hungarian Szekszárd (83:56) and Salamanca (80:55) in front of their own fans. Thanks to the excellent half (51:17), they also succeeded for the last time in Riga, where they won 103: 52. “In Riga, we lost everything and the opponent was quite surprised at the beginning. We played well in defense and we managed a quick counterattack. But it will not work with Venice. This opponent has a higher quality and will try to slow us down. The main thing will be to they have pushed through our pace of play, “Hejková pointed out.
USK players are in third place in the group. Assuming triumph over Venice and Ekaterinburg over Salamanca, they can improve by one place. For the Prague team, this will be the first home duel after four matches outside. In addition to Riga, in the last two weeks they have played in domestic competitions in Trutnov or against KP and Žabina Brno. “It is true that we are exhausted by travel. We are glad that we will finally be home, we can concentrate on the match and save energy,” Hejková admitted.
The main star of Venice is the Serbian quarterback with American roots Yvonne Anderson, who has an average of 17 points and 5 assists per match. Kayle Thornton is also doing well (10.5 points). “Venice has a number of good players, be it Anderson or Asta Ndur or Elisa Penna. We must not underestimate anything,” added Hejková. With the injured Alena Hanušová, she can count on a complete team.
USK has fought Venice twice so far and has not lost, the last time at home in Prague last year was 89:57. The match will start on Wednesday at 19:00, due to government regulations, you can visit a maximum of a thousand fans.