Sopron defeated France’s Montpellier 60-42 at home in the first quarter-finals of the women’s Euroleague quarter-finals, giving them a 0-0 advantage in a one-off match.
Mandatory wins are often difficult to achieve – it wouldn’t have been a problem before the Sopron Basket-Basket Lattes Montpellier Euroleague Final, it didn’t matter if the Greens won by one point or by fifty, they were worth just as much, because the duel lasts for two successes. Last year, in a bubble, behind closed gates, but in the Novomatic Arena, the team of Dávid Gáspár fought against Lyon in a special round-trip system. the Hungarian champion.
Montpellier, who arrived with nine deployable men, did well in the first quarter and could not be complained about. Some of the guests had their names on the jerseys, while others did not, which seemed a little strange. Sopron Basket’s new composition, Stefanie Dolson, tossed the ring in a zigzag, apologizing for this, but thanks to Jelena Brooks, the promotion ended with a basket. The end of the game ended with Zsófia Fegyverneky’s incredible half-triple triple and a four-point home advantage.
The difference was soon ten at the beginning of the second quarter, Valery Démory immediately took time and Ana Dabovics threw a three-pointer. The difference quickly recovered and even increased, and since our framework is simply of better quality, there was nothing surprising about that. Fegyverneky hit him remotely for the third time shortly before the break (36-21), but even halfway through, he picked up an unsportsmanlike mistake after pulling Olivia Époupa back.
During the big break, the fans threw in a lot of plush toys, which will be delivered to the children fleeing from the war to Ukraine. After the turn, it only seemed a matter of time before Sopron put twenty points between the two sides, but it did not come together in the extremely poor third quarter, which was hosted 8-7 by the host. Border Bernadett was very much alive, working well under the plank, collecting his baskets as he pleased, if he hadn’t been flattened down – the other center, Dolson, couldn’t say the same about himself.
The fourth quarter was also full of mistakes, but last year’s fourth-place Euroleague did not have to be afraid, Montpellier was unable to get in sight, and after Brooks’ triple, the team of the most loyal city, which finally won 60-42, was again 17.
Away, it’s always different and harder, but it doesn’t seem that the French band will be able to develop and change in two days to equalize in a duel – with concentrated play and stable defense, Sopron Basket could short-circuit the issue of reaching the final four.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EUROLIGA
QUARTERLY, MATCH 1
SOPRON BASKET – BASKETBALL LATTES MONTPELLIER (france) 60–42 (16–12, 20–10, 8–7, 16–13)
Sopron, 1100 viewer. V: Györgyi (Norwegian), Simeonidisz (Greek), Jankowski (Polish).
SOPRON: January 10/3, M. Jovanovics 4, G. Williams 3, BROOKS 16/3, BORDER 16. Exchange: Fegyverneky 9/9, Dolson, Czukor 2, Varga A. Coach: David Gáspár
BLMA: Époupa 3, Bernies 4, Naigre 3/3, Peters 7, TOURÉ 13/3. Exchange: Riviere 5/3, Dabovics 5/3, Kiavi 2, Marmillod. Coach: Valery Démory
Development of the result. 4th minute: 6–2. 8. p.: 8–10. 12. p.: 20–14. 15. p.: 26–18. 18. p.: 33–18. 22. p.: 39–22. 25. p.: 44–25. 32. p.: 48–34. 35. p.: 51–38. 38. p.: 57–42.
Status of the duel until the second victory of one of the parties: 1–0 in favor of Sopron
MASTER BALANCE SHEET
Dávid Gáspár: – We’ve played a much smoother and more spectacular attack. The team was nervous, and empty situations and zigzags were left out at the beginning, which left its mark on the whole match. The defense was the key, we kept them below fifty points, but in Montpellier we need a lot more! This defense must be saved, but the nineteen balls sold do not fit, at least half of which were not justified. We can remedy all this with greater concentration. We will move on, we will meet again on Thursday and we will strive for the maximum, we want to fight to get ahead!
Ahmed Njoya (assistant coach): – We tried to follow the plan, which was defended. The great thing is that we kept the vigorously attacking Sopron at sixty points on the home field. We controlled his game, but we fired a lot of situations in the attack. If we can defend ourselves this way at home and our throws sit, we can have a good chance of winning.
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