Third game in five days. Valencia Basket welcomes Armani Milan in La Fonteta with the aim of achieving another victory in the Euroleague that will allow them to continue aspiring to the Top 8 with guarantees. On Thursday they will play the fourth game in seven days visiting Real Madrid.
After the hard defeat against Baskonia (114-75), the taronja team recovered and achieved an important victory in the domestic competition against Tenerife. A victory based on defense, especially in the last 20 minutes of the game. Martin Hermannsson, already recovered from his serious injury, could return to the slopes. The Icelander has been training at the same level as his teammates in recent weeks. Those who will not be will be Kyle Alexander, Sam van Rossom and Millán Jiménez who continue to be injured.
Álex Mumbrú will have to discard before the game because he has thirteen “healthy” players. The Catalan coach knows the importance of the match and affirms that Milan “It is in a splendid moment, they are recovering players like Shields or Pangos who are very important to them and they come to Fonteta. They are playing better and better, they are recovering and have had many victories in a row lately. It will be a difficult and complicated game, it does not reflect the basketball they are doing with the classification they are in”.
For their part, the Italian team arrives with one of the best winning streaks in the Euroleague where they have won the last four games. In addition, two of its most important players, Kevin Pangos and Shavon Shields, they have recovered from their long injuries.
Armani Milan arrives led by the legendary Ettore Messina who wants to assault La Fonteta where a great atmosphere is expected to carry the Valencian team in flight. Valencia Basket needs to become strong at home if it wants to achieve the goal of being among the top eight in the competition at the end of the regular season.