UCAM returns to the league without signings and visited Real Madrid most irregularly in recent seasons
UCAM Murcia has never won against Real Madrid. It is always the driving force. Was once close. And some will have to fall. After the break of the ‘FIBA windows’, Sito Alonso’s team resumed the competition with one of the always toughest matches on the Old Continent, taking on Real Madrid, the current champions of the Endesa League, in addition to their field.
However, this Madrid is not fully recognized. Eleven years later, and amidst much controversy surrounding the health condition of a Pablo Laso who left his team’s bench in the last semifinals for the Endesa League title due to a heart attack, a new resident is in his bench. This is Chus Mateo, assistant in recent seasons assistant.
A more than significant change when left behind is the man who revived old laurels in Real Madrid’s basketball division to lead his team to 22 titles in eleven seasons, imposing his own upbeat style of basketball that inspired all of Europe. towards a more offensive style of play and in which there is more freedom for the individual talent of creative players.
And the transition is not easy. Because a lot is left behind, but also because of the context. Despite the favorable reports of the white club doctor (who was fired) and the cardiologist who treated Laso for his heart attack, Real Madrid decided to do without the services of a coach who, despite his successes, was weak on several occasions due to up to his misunderstanding with Juan Carlos Sánchez, head of the merengue basket.
For example, today UCAM is face to face with a more than powerful team in an arsenal that has put Sergio Rodríguez at the helm and has included two of the forwards who caused the most commotion in Europe last year, Dzanan Musa (MVP of the Endesa League last season) and Mario Hezonja. And that, of course, they still have men with the capacity of Edy Tavares, Sergio Llull, Rudy Fernández, Adam Hanga, Alberto Abalde and, like that, to list all the players in a squad with no weaknesses.
But for now, Mateo’s are questionable. They have won five of their seven games in the Endesa League, as many as in the Euroleague (in eight games here), but their game isn’t quite as brilliant as the white on their shirts and there are defeats that raise legitimate doubts. This is the case of the latter in the Endesa League, where they lost to a Zaragoza (94-89) who was bottom and had not yet won a single game. Image of laziness of those who say that something is not going well in November, and final makeup that does not hide the dirty laundry.
Time from standstill to calm trends, in the UCAM they trust that the bill for the broken dishes has already expired. In any case, they have no intention of paying it.
Source: La Verdad
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