The good news is that there will be at least one Spanish team in the final of the Euroleague. The bad news is that Madrid or Barcelona will lose it when they meet in a semifinal which has all the ingredients of a title match. The Catalans are the big favorites for everyone after being first in the regular season, finalists last year and having the best player in Europe in Nikola Mirotic. The quotas do not doubt for a second of the culé power giving the victory to [2.60]
Everything would be very simple for Barça if they didn’t have a rabid Madrid for changing the trendand also because they know that there are doubts within the culé team after having to resort to five games to eliminate Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the competition. There is no doubt that the pressure is on the Barça roof and that now players who are very talented, but with a reputation for being cold-chested, must take a step forward. We are not only looking at Mirotic, but also Laprovittola and Exum are going to be tested.
Real Madrid, for its part, has the best pivot in Europe in Walter Tavares and he knows that his options are to have a good day in the triple and work hard in defense. After an unprecedented losing streak after the Copa del Rey, the whites have gotten up from the pothole with their veterans Llull and Rudy at an acceptable level and the more than important readaptation of a Gabriel Deck that already looks like the one before going to the NBA. With his old guard fit, lasso will seek to give the bell but without pressure: the favorite wears a Barça uniform. Your fee to tournament winners [4.50]
On the other side of the painting we find a Anadolu Efes that has been growing as the season progressed and that now arrives as an alternative to Barça. The current champions have the block that made them touch the sky with a Shane Larkin in last dance style and a Micic who also points to a new adventure. The Ataman boys will toast to old times before a Olympiakos that has come surprising everyone and that is the surprise of this Final Four. The withdrawal of the legendary Spanoulis seems to have helped the team to grow, although the odds reserve them the worst place to beat [5.00].
Belgrade, the cradle of European basketball, It will be the scene of the coronation or exile of a Mirotic who has been in Europe for three years and that he has not kept his word to reign in the Euroleague. The Montenegrin has everything in his favor – even his family and friends from Montenegro will go by car to encourage him – to give a commanding coup. We believe that if he passes the first test against his former Real Madrid teammates the road is done, but we will have to look closely at a game where sparks will fly.