With only 3 wins in the first 12 weeks of the Basketball THY Europa League, Fenerbahçe Beko drew attention by winning 9 of the last 10 matches.
The yellow-dark blue team, which could not meet the expectations in the first 12 matches played in the number one organization of European basketball at the club level, has come to the fore with its recently rising performance.
Fenerbahce, which could outdo its rivals only 3 times in the first 12 weeks of the Europa League, started the exit after the derby defeat to Anadolu Efes on 25 November 2021. In this process, the yellow-dark blue team, who had a 4 and 5 match win streaks once in 10 matches, experienced their only defeat against LDLC ASVEL in the 17th week.
Defeating the leader Real Madrid in the last match, Fenerbahçe Beko managed to enter the play-off pot by rising to the 8th place before the 26th week in the European League, where many fights were postponed due to the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) cases.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN ASSISTS AND TWO-POINTS
Fenerbahce Beko, which significantly increased its average points in the last 10 games in the Europa League, drew attention as the most successful team in assists and two-point shooting in the past 25 weeks.
The yellow-dark blue team, which recorded 71.8 points per game in the first 12 weeks in which it was able to win 3 wins in the organization, increased this statistic to 81.8 in the process of making 9 out of 10.
Fenerbahce managed to take the first place with 18.6 assists per game and 21 percent hit rate in 2-point shots.
WITH ITS DEFENSE
Fenerbahçe Beko, which is among the teams with the least points in the Europa League, has attracted attention with its superior performance in defense in the last 2 matches.
In the 25th week of the organization, the yellow-dark blue team beat the Italian team AX Armani Exchange Milan on the road and kept their opponent at 60 points. The Milan representative, who played the Final Four in the organization last season, played the match in which he scored the least number of points against Fenerbahçe in 2021-2022.
In the last match, the yellow-dark blue team, which ended the 9-game winning streak of the leader Real Madrid, gave only 51 points to their opponent.
TEAM FRIENDS DID NOT ASK DE COLO AND VESELY’S ABSENCE
Fenerbahçe Beko managed to win the last 5 Europa League games, where Nando De Colo and Jan Vesely were unable to play due to their injuries.
The yellow-dark blue basketball players did not match the absence of the top scorers, De Colo and Vesely, with their effective performance in these competitions where team play was emphasized.
CHANGING FANS’ LOOKS OF DJORDJEVIC
Fenerbahçe Beko’s rising form graphic in the last period has started to change the way yellow-dark blue fans view head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic.
The Serbian head coach drew the reaction of the fans at the beginning of the season, especially in the last part of the matches, at the point of their intervention in the game.
Djordjevic, who became the target of criticism arrows after the matches lost in the last balls, was the most important factor in the exit caught when he could not benefit from many of his players for various reasons.
Aleksandar Djordjevic, who got maximum efficiency from all the players in the squad, quickly gained the trust of the fans.