Albin Berlin beaten, Monaco qualified for the play-offs – 04/01/2022 at 23:31
by Lucas Fontaine (iDalgo)
Monaco and the European scene, the story is not over! After winning the Eurocup last season at the expense of Unics Kazan, the “Roca Team” is guaranteed to play in the Euroleague play-offs. Sasa Obradovic’s players won the defeat of Alba Berlin on Friday on the floor of Anadolu Efes Istanbul, defending champion (87-77). However, after a thunderous start to the match, the Berliners seemed to be in control with a fifteen-point gap at the start of the second quarter. It was then that the Stambouliotes entered the match to erase this delay before returning to the locker room. It was only at the end of the third quarter that Anadolu Efes Istanbul took power to seek victory. Monaco is thus the first club in the French championship to reach the final phase of the main European competition since 2001, when ASVEL reached the quarter-finals of the SuproLigue with a defeat against CSKA Moscow. In the other results of the evening, Olympiakos beat Barcelona (73-66), Bayern progressed against Belgrade (82-57) while Baskonia won against Zalgiris (96-79).