To the Madrid suburbs18 october 2016
Photographer: Alba Pacheco / www.encancha.comToday early in the morning our team left Russia and flew to Madrid, Spain to face Montakit Fuenlabrada in the second game of 2016/2017 7 Days EuroCup regular season. The game will be played on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 21:30 msk! Watch LIVE at Match! Nash Sport and Sportbox.ru.
OUR OPPONENT
MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA (SPAIN)
Founded in 1983
Team colors: orange, white and black
Honors: Liga Espanola de Baloncesto (2005), Copa Principe de Asturias (1998, 2005), Torneo Comunidad de Madrid (1998)
Arena: Polideportivo Fernando Martin (capacity – 5700)
President: Jose Quintana Viar
Official website: www.baloncestofuenlabrada.com
Where to watch
LIVE: Match! Nash Sport (21:25), Match TV (replay – 01:00), Match! Igra (replay – 01:30; October 20 – 09:45), Sportbox.ru
Text online: EuroCup website
PRE-GAME QUOTES
Dusko Ivanovic, BC Khimki head coach:
“Our second opponent, Fuenlabrada, is a very good team that plays great transition and has excellent shooters. They play in the Spanish League, the best league in Europe. Now they do it at home in a small gym and it will be a lot of pressure on us. However, every game we play for a win. I think the most important thing is to be hard, concentrated and stop their transition. We had a friendly game a month ago but it’s nothing now. They added some new players who didn’t play with us. Now it’s a different team and we expect a serious game. They lost a couple of games in the Spanish League but they had strong opponents. In addition, they lost to ALBA in Berlin. I think this result is normal but now it will be a different story. They are at home and they will have a court feeling. It will be tough for us”.
E.J. Rowland, BC Khimki guard:
“It will be a tough game in a tough atmosphere. Fuenlabrada plays well at home. They have a lot of talent, athleticism and good shooters. It will be a nice test for us. We have to get more details on them but mostly we’ve been working on ourselves because we have a lot of work to do. We need to be in terms what we have to do as a team. We are in a good space right now. We played good enough to win with Lietuvos Rytas that is important at this stage. Of course, we could have done it better. We know it’s a process and we continue. I’m familiar with Carlos Cabezas because he has been in the Spanish League for so long. He is an experienced player. I know Ian O’Leary because he went to my school St Mary in California. Of course, I can say a lot about Marko Popovic who played in Khimki and won the EuroCup here. But first of all we have to focus on what we have to do”.
MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA (SPAIN)
Founded in 1983
Team colors: orange, white and black
Honors: Liga Espanola de Baloncesto (2005), Copa Principe de Asturias (1998, 2005), Torneo Comunidad de Madrid (1998)
Arena: Polideportivo Fernando Martin (capacity – 5700)
President: Jose Quintana Viar
Official website: www.baloncestofuenlabrada.com
Where to watch
LIVE: Match! Nash Sport (21:25), Match TV (replay – 01:00), Match! Igra (replay – 01:30; October 20 – 09:45), Sportbox.ru
Text online: EuroCup website
PRE-GAME QUOTES
Dusko Ivanovic, BC Khimki head coach:
“Our second opponent, Fuenlabrada, is a very good team that plays great transition and has excellent shooters. They play in the Spanish League, the best league in Europe. Now they do it at home in a small gym and it will be a lot of pressure on us. However, every game we play for a win. I think the most important thing is to be hard, concentrated and stop their transition. We had a friendly game a month ago but it’s nothing now. They added some new players who didn’t play with us. Now it’s a different team and we expect a serious game. They lost a couple of games in the Spanish League but they had strong opponents. In addition, they lost to ALBA in Berlin. I think this result is normal but now it will be a different story. They are at home and they will have a court feeling. It will be tough for us”.
E.J. Rowland, BC Khimki guard:
“It will be a tough game in a tough atmosphere. Fuenlabrada plays well at home. They have a lot of talent, athleticism and good shooters. It will be a nice test for us. We have to get more details on them but mostly we’ve been working on ourselves because we have a lot of work to do. We need to be in terms what we have to do as a team. We are in a good space right now. We played good enough to win with Lietuvos Rytas that is important at this stage. Of course, we could have done it better. We know it’s a process and we continue. I’m familiar with Carlos Cabezas because he has been in the Spanish League for so long. He is an experienced player. I know Ian O’Leary because he went to my school St Mary in California. Of course, I can say a lot about Marko Popovic who played in Khimki and won the EuroCup here. But first of all we have to focus on what we have to do”.
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