SC Derbi wants to achieve its fourth victory in the AdmiralBet ABA league against a team that has little in common with regional basketball.
Dubai is coming to Podgorica, the team whose entry this summer led to the expansion of the ABA league - that ultimately helped Mornar to ensure survival without a barrage.
"Students" traditionally lose hard in "Morača", this season they were defeated only by Partizan, so Petar Mijović's team wants to continue the good trend - even though Dubai is anything but a simple rival.
At the end of the day, the table also says that - Jurica Golemac's team experienced only one defeat in six rounds (against Mega on their home field), while they beat Crvena Zvezda, Cedevita Olimpija...
"Dubai is a team with exceptional attacking quality and built for the greatest distances in the ABA league. For our young team, this match is a great challenge, but also a new chance to improve. I expect my players to be maximally focused on their tasks and to have extra energy." , said Mijović.
In Dubai, the recent NBA ace and winner of the ABA ring with Partizan from 2013 Davis Bertans, experienced Slovenian shooter Klemen Prepelič, former Euroleague center Ahmet Duveriolu, and Danilo Andušić, Avudu Abbas, Nemanja Dangubić, former Buducnost Volija center Džakori Williams...
"It will be difficult against a rival who aspires to the very top of the table, which has been shown in the previous part of the season. So far, we have won when we are at our maximum, so it must be in this match as well, because Dubai has very good individuals and each of us must to have maximum responsibility", is the message of center Filip Andjušić.
Dubai was founded this year, it plays in a hall with a capacity of 17 thousand seats ("Coca Cola Arena"), and at the beginning of 2024 it was speculated that it could "buy" a place in the Euroleague, and a little later the club from the United Arab Emirates refused to will be part of the Eurocup.
Allegedly, he did not agree to pay the Euroleague one and a half million euros for participation in the second strongest European competition, especially since he would not have earned the right to be placed in the elite rank with a possible title in the Eurocup.
Duel SC Derbi - Dubai is tonight from 19:XNUMX.
The club announced that tickets are sold at the SC "Morača" box office from 15 p.m. at a price of three euros.
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