Astralpool Sabadellwe achieve Mataró and Mediterrani begin this Friday in Hungary the second phase of the Euroleaguewhich will be played until Sunday in search of the pass to the quarterfinals.
Sabadell and Mataró will play in Group B in Eger together with two Hungarian teams, the host, Tigra Eger, and Ferencvaros, in the most powerful group of the tournament.
For its part, Mediterrani will do so in Group C of Budapest before the host and favourite, the UVSEand two Greek teams: Ethnikos y Glyfada.
The first day will begin this Friday with the duel between Mediterrani and Glyfada (5:00 p.m.), in Budapestand will continue with the meetings between Sabadell and Ferencvaros (6:45 p.m.) and Mataró against Tigra Eger (8:30 p.m.), both in Eger.
Sabadell is presented as the top seed
Sabadell agreed to this second phase as seed after being a finalist in the Euroleague last season, when they lost in the final against Olympiacos.
Their coach, David Palma, considers it “essential” to win against Ferencvaros in the first game, and he is clear that his players must come out “very focused and aggressive from the start” against a team with “the typical tough game that Hungarians practice both in clubs and in the national team”.
Palma believes that both Mataró like your team are”favorites to go to the quarterfinals” and he was optimistic about the options of both teams: “I hope that in the last game we will both qualify”.
Mataró comes from thrashing
The CN Mataró qualified for this second phase as first of the group of Portugal, where he thrashed all his rivals. The set of Dani Ballart has the Hungarian Rita Keszthelyi in its ranks this year and, therefore, a player who knows perfectly both Eger, her rival this Friday, and Ferencvarosof Saturday.
The Mediterranean It is also in Hungary, but in this case in the capital, Budapestand within group C, with the Greek Glyfada as their first rival.
The players of Marian Diaz they qualified for this second phase of the Euroleague after being second in the initial phase in Barcelona, where they won, among others, the Plebiscite Padova Italian.
The UVSE Budapest, due to its status as host and habitual in the final phases of the Euroleague, appears as the strongest rival. The two Greek teams will be, a priori, the direct rivals for second place.
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