Strasbourg, home Friday (21H) the Turks Galatasaray in final of the Eurocup basketball, is at the gates of a feat of becoming the second French club to win the C2 after Limoges in 1988.
GIS, first French team at this level since the final lost by Chalon-sur-Saône in 2001, has already far exceeded expectations by reaching this level. But players of Vincent Collet not to stop there and want to get into the club’s history and especially of French basketball. If the inhabitants of Limoges did win the C2, it was called at the time the Cup Winners Cup and was not as relieved as the Eurocup, current antechamber of the Euroleague. This season, teams like Maccabi Tel Aviv, Kazan, Milan, Valencia or the Alba Berlin took part, ie the density of the competition.
Vincent Collet with Strasbourg Euroleague in 2015 – Panoramic
To hope to win, the SIG will first have to make a very good first leg on Friday on his floor, failing to make the almost impossible task to return next week in Istanbul, where over 12,000 supporters promised him hell. “ You will not need personal exploits, at least not in this first game. You have to play really tight. Every mistake will pay cash so we will do everything to avoid them and hope to be in a openly address to complete this work. But also defend every position as if our life depended on it “predicts Collet. The technician, who lack a European club title to complete its rich track record, will rely on his domestic American Matt Howard, back from injury at the right time.
The Strasbourg will face in training who, like them, snatched his place in the final in extremis and which has a full complement. But not unbeatable. The GIS will especially be wary of a formidable trio of point guard Errick McCollum, interior Stephane Lasme and rear Blake Schilb, well known in France to have evolved in Chalon-sur-Saône and Paris-Levallois. In case of final victory, Strasbourg will pick up a ticket for the Euroleague and will have to choose between this competition and the future “Champions League” of FIBA Europe, like other French clubs.
Even if the National League has row with the European Federation in its standoff with the Euroleague company, which organizes the C1 and C2, it will allow GIS to participate in the Euroleague if she wishes. “ I do not analyze a situation before it happens. The new format of the Euroleague next season causes a reflection , told AFP Martial Bellon, President Strasbourg . If this had been the format of this year, we would have gone there. But there it deserves a thorough analysis. “
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