Feel Devotion is once again heard throughout the Old Continent, the best European basketball is returning to the scene - and from the same place where it concluded last year's story.
It's time for the Euroleague - Berlin, "Uber Arena" and Alba welcome Panathinaikos in the first match of the new season at 18.45:26, the team that was crowned on May XNUMX in the capital of Germany.
The break during the summer brought a lot of sound transfers, many teams were significantly strengthened, there are many favorites, but many see the "green army" as the main one this season as well. Ergina Atamana.
"All teams are strong and everyone wants to win. Maybe many think that Alba is not a candidate for the playoffs, but the composition of the team on paper is one thing compared to the floor. At the start of the season, the most important thing is to be aggressive," Ataman said.
The already strong team from Athens was reinforced with great players as they are Lorenzo Braun i Jedi Osman.
"Lorenzo trained with us and I hope he will play against Alba," added the trophy-winning Turkish expert.
The main rivals of the "greens" on the way to defending the title will be the great rival Olympiakos (stronger for Saša Vezenkova, Evan Furni i Tyler Dorsey), followed by Fenerbahçe, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Monaco, while Efes and Olimpia Milano are certainly among the favorites.
The Admiralbet ABA League will be represented by Partizan and Crvena zvezda this season, and the first will be the reconstructed "black and white" on the floor.
The first spectacle in the "Belgrade Arena" arrives only in the third round, and before that the boys Željko Obradović they will have to solve two Spanish riddles - the first tonight at 20.30 against Baskonia away.
"We enter with great ambitions - we had preparatory matches with the Euroleagues and I would like us to play in the same way as before, with the same desire and energy that we had in those matches, I think that is the most important thing," said the legendary Partizan coach.
Great basketball is expected tonight in the duel between Monaco and Armani, as well as between Bayern and Real, Zalgiris and Barcelona.
Among the 18 teams in the elite this season, there is no Montenegrin player, and this time there is no coach either.
EUROLEAGUE, 1st round
Thursday
Alba - Panathinaikos (18.45h)
Zalgiris - Barcelona (19)
Monaco - Armani (19)
Baskonia - Partizan (20.30)
Bayern - Real (20.45)
Makabi - Asvel (21)
Friday
Fenerbahce - Olympiakos (19.30)
Virtus - Efees (21)
Paris - C. star (21)
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