Trento's hundred from "Morača" at the start of the season looked worrying, but the Buducnost Voli basketball players quickly found the right rhythm, so now a defeat (107:96) against the Italian team seems very far away.
It's time for the rematch, and the "Pala Trento" hall under the Alps seems like the ideal place to repay debts - the Montenegrin champion plays against the team from northern Italy in the 11th round of the Eurocup at 20 p.m.
- In my opinion, we played our worst game of the season against them, but I think we learned important lessons from that match - he said. Jerry Butziel, the center of the "blue and whites".
Žakelj: The real test
While Buducnost has become stable in form, Trento still knows how to disappoint, and then perform miracles. It was like that before the game in Podgorica when they scored a total of 48 points against Burg earlier in the round, and then scored 100 in “Morača”, and it is the same now after they “smashed” the same Burg away in the last round (91:73).
- We know what kind of opponent we are playing against, and that we are facing a difficult away game - he said Andrej Zhakelj, the coach of the Podgorica team, and then emphasized:
- They outplayed us in the first game in Podgorica, so it will be a real test now. This is a team that runs very well, plays a lot of one-on-ones and largely gets easy points from transition.
Pay attention to your opponent's speed
Buducnost is currently 7-3 and fighting for the best possible position before the playoffs, while Trentino, with its last two away wins (in addition to Burg, they also defeated Ulm), has reached a record of five wins and the same number of losses.
- We went into this match with positive energy after good matches in the Eurocup and Admiralbet ABA League, but aware that we were facing a very high-quality, shooting and athletic team - added Žakelj.
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Budućnost and Trento have played 100 matches against each other so far, and the score is 8-3 in favor of the Montenegrin champion. Out of the five matches played in Italy, the "blue and white" won four.
And what is the main danger of the shooting and athletic teams?
- We need to prepare well for their fast game and do all the basic things with focus: returning to defense, blocking the racket, one-on-one play and pick-and-roll. These are the segments that will decide the game - the Slovenian expert is clear.
Since the match in Podgorica against Trento, the "blue and white" have played 16 games and won 13, while Trento, after recent five consecutive losses, won four of their next five games.
- Trento is in very good form at the moment, so we know we're in for a tough match. We want to approach this game the same way we did against Ilirija at the weekend and try to get a win - says Butsiel.
Tradition often speaks volumes, and this time it is on the side of Buducnost, as the Montenegrin representative has won four of its five away games in the Trentino-South Tyrol region.
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