Madrid fell in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague in front of the Olympiacos Greek. The whites resisted four games. He Barcelona He also stayed from the playoff. His executioner, the From Mónaco. The Catalans had options to overcome the crossing until the last second of the fifth match, but Kevin Punter He missed the victory.
Two eliminations that together with the goodbye of the Baskonia In the regular phase he first leaves since 2004 the Final Four Without Spanish presence. In that edition, the maximum competition was decided in Tel Aviv (Israel) with him Maccabi as a final winner after beating in the final to the Skipper Bolonia Italian.
From that moment on, four clubs from the Endesa League They had linked the following 19 participations (the 2020 was suspended by the COVID-19): Barcelona, Baskonia, Real Madrid y Unicaja. No other country has had a similar streak.
The whites led this rhythm with a dozen participations … and that was the last to get into the car. Until 2011, in the Final Four of Barcelonahe Madrid did not participate in any end for the title in the century XXI. But he caught his taste with nine classifications and three continental scepters in the last eleven editions, since 2013.
-The next in ranking is the Barcelona. The Catalans have spent nine times the quarterfinal qualifiers, although only once they raised the Euroleagueand 2010 and Paris (France). The culés suffered a very hard drought from 2015 to 2019, which was solved with the arrival of Sarun Jasikevicius to the bench. In the three years with Lithuanus, three Final Four… Without first, yes.
He Baskonia opened the streak in Moscow (Russia) In 2005. It was the first of the five Final Four who has played, although his last participation dates from 2016 in Berlin (Germany). He never won the tournament. Like the Unicajawho played his only final phase for the title with the Basques in Athens (Greece) In 2007. The drawers were in third position.
At the players level, Space will have representation in the figure of Juancho Hernangome and of the nationalized American Lorenzo Brown. Both will travel to Middle East with the Panathinaikoswho left in the gutter to Anadolu Efes. The Madrid wing-lively already lifted the trophy last season.
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