Basketball, a week of fire for Milan. Messina: '' Patient attack against Asvel ''

Messina: "ASVEL physical defense, patience will be needed"

ASVEL, whose owner is Tony Parker, is dominating the French championship with 13 victories out of 13. In Euroleague however, like Olimpia, is experiencing a period of difficulty with 4 consecutive defeats, two of which in front of their own audience against the two Turks, Efes and Fenerbahce. Yet the French should not be underestimated because at home they were able to beat noble teams like Cska Moscow, Baskonia, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. Ettore Messina knows it well and presents the match as follows: "On a personal level it is a pleasure to play against the team of a friend and a champion like Tony Parker, who was able to create an excellent organization at Asvel. The team is very well trained, it is no coincidence that she has won so many games thanks to an aggressive game, a physical defense and a great control of the rebounds. Countering their energy and their athleticism with a patient attack and an effective defensive transition will be fundamental ".

Absent Nedovic, Gudaitis and Micov return

In the EuroLeague era, there is no precedent between Olimpia and Asvel Villeurbanne. However, in their history they faced each other in the 1966/67 European Cup (the current champion Simmenthal lost the final to Real Madrid). Milan won away 86-66 (23 by Gabriele Vianello, 21 by Red Robbins) and at home 103-85 (Steve Chubin 26, Red Robbins 21). In the Eurocup of 1997/98, in which the Olimpia arrived in the final losing it with the Zalgiris, in the quarter-finals it eliminated the Asvel winning 67-58 away (24 points of Thurl Bailey) and surviving a defeat at home 70 -62 despite the 17 of Flavio Portaluppi. On Friday coach Messina will have to do even less than Nemanja Nedovic, while both Vlado Micov and Arturas Gudaitis left for France, but both will have limited time.Program and ranking
This is the program for the 13th day.
Thursday 12 December
Khimki Moscow-Alba Berlin (6.00 pm)
Fenerbahce-Anadolu Efes (18:45)
Red Star-Baskonia (19)
Maccabi Tel Aviv-Cska Moscow (20:05)
Real Madrid-Olympiacos (21)
Friday, December 13th
Zalgiris-Valencia (19)
Bayern Munich-Zenit St. Petersburg (20:30)
Asvel Villeurbanne-Olimpia Milan (20:45)
Barcelona-Panathinaikos (21)
THE CLASSIFICATION
Anadolu Efes 10-2; Barcelona and Real Madrid 9-3; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Cska Moscow and Panathinaikos 8-4; Olimpia Milan 7-5; Khimki Moscow 6-6; Olympiacos, Red Star, Baskonia, Fenerbahce and Asvel Villeurbanne 5-7; Alba Berlin, Valencia and Bayern Munich 4-8; Zalgiris and Zenit St. Petersburg 3-9

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