ASVEL-Monaco rescheduled on January 18
Aurélien CANOT, Media365, published on Monday January 10, 2022 at 8:21 pm
The Franco-French Euroleague shock between ASVEL and Monaco at l’Astroballe postponed on January 7 due to cases of Covid-19 within the Villeurbanne workforce has been rescheduled on January 18 (at 8:00 p.m.), announced the Monegasque club on Monday.
ASVEL and Monaco are fixed. Act 2 of the shock between our two representatives in the Euroleague, initially scheduled for January 7 at the Astroballe, will finally take place on January 18, at 8:00 p.m. On its Twitter account, the Monegasque club unveiled the new date of the meeting on Monday, postponed due to several cases of positive Covid-19 players within the ASVEL workforce. Deeply reduced, the Villeurbanne had asked that the match be canceled and postponed in the season. Unless there is a new report, the duel between the two French clubs counting for the 19th day will therefore take place eleven days after the date set for this revenge between Villeurbannais and Monegasques, a month and a half after the incredible victory at the buzzer (85-84) of the protected by Tony Parker on the floor of the Gaston-Médecin de la Principauté room.
Six matches in eleven days for ASVEL!
It is indeed on an exceptional shoot from the middle of the field that the French international winger of ASVEL William Howard, who had seen the ball return to him in the hands after a blocked pass, had allowed on the wire to the Rhone of ‘wrest a miraculous victory over the Rock. Monaco hoped to take revenge on January 7, but the fate and the health situation, again very complex, had decided otherwise. The two teams will finally meet again on January 18 on the Astroballe floor, where the 9th in the standings will welcome the 12th during an overloaded agenda for the champions of France. The latter will indeed play four Euroleague matches in ten days, and six matches in total between January 18 and 29. next, the calendar having also reserved for ASVEL two appointments in Betclic Elite, against Roanne at home on January 19 and at Nanterre ten days later.