Eurocup semi-finalist from 2024, then champion from 2023 - the basketball Future of Voli after Besiktas continues their European journey against Gran Canaria.
The Montenegrin champion will play the second match in "Morača" at the start of the new season tomorrow (Wednesday) at 19:XNUMX, and it seems that the club from the distant Canary Islands will be an ideal rival to show where the "blue and white" are at this moment.
"Gran Canaria is always a difficult opponent with good physical predispositions, aggressive, and also has good individuals", said Andrej Žakelj.
Reaction again
Mornar and Split, rivals in the Admiralbet ABA League who are not expected to fight for the playoffs, were done routinely, with exhibitions, while all the bad things from last season in Europe were seen again this September against Besiktas in Istanbul.
In addition to all that, Aleksa Ilić and his friends did not have many strong tests during the preparations, so it is clear, even though it is the beginning of the season, why the Spanish team should be a real test of the future's capabilities.
"Against Split, we showed a reaction after Besiktas, but we have to do it this time as well. We have a tough job ahead of us, we have some problems, but we have to grit our teeth and try to win the first home game in Europe with the help of the fans." Žakelj added.
Everything revolves around Albisio
Buducnost and Gran Canaria will play the 13th match between them, and the last one so far happened not so long ago - in February, when the "blue and white" celebrated in a duel that had no result.
In relation to that match, the club from Las Palmas did not change the team much.
"They kept the core of the team, and Andrju Albisi has been there for years and is the engine of the team," emphasized Žakelj.
There was reinforcement...
"They brought in Joe Thomason and Caleb Homesley in positions two and three - they are very good attackers and under the basket. There is also Michael Tobey, who is well known to us, and at the four we must not forget John Shurna, who is an awkward and atypical player. Experienced are a team, but we have our own task that we have to do and we will do everything to win," added the Slovenian expert.
Sulejmon: The right step for me, but...
Rašid Sulejmon was excellent in his first match in "Morača" - 14 points in the first quarter and 21 after the first half launched Budućnost to victory over Split.
"It was a step in the right direction for me, but I know I can do even better... I was a little nervous in the second half. In any case, that match is over and nobody remembers it anymore, and I hope that something similar or I can repeat it better in the new European match", said the "blue and white" defender.
And the guy next to Houston expects a real reaction after Besiktas.
"We had an answer in the ABA league, now we have to do the same in the new European match - we will have to defend the racket, I expect the right reaction from the players and good energy from the fans," Sulejmon added.
He just had a message for the fans.
"I invite them to come, I think it will be a great game, just like the whole season, and I hope we will give them victory," Sulejmon concluded.
Eurocup (group A), 2nd round
Today
Bahceşehir - Beşiktaş (18:XNUMX)
Ulm - Huventud (19h)
Hapoel TA - Volvs (19.45)
Wednesday
Future - Gran Canaria (19pm)
Trento - Trefl Sopot
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