Alberto Blanco Analysis: From Punch to Tangerine

Describing this Madrid title is a story from a book. It was 1:30 a.m. until the end of the second game against Partizan in the Wizik Center and everything looked very dark. Yesterday in Kaunas, with the whole game in a row and with his only basket in the game, Real surrendered to Lllullo to beat Olimpiakós. Life always gives a second chance. And this will be remembered. A work of cheerfulness by Chus Mateo.

initial setting

Second room, key

The meeting had two copies. Two almost identical readings. Real Madrid, unable to generate a direct block with Tavares and a missed three-pointer, pulled away from Bartzokas’ men to minus 12. Then Chacho Rodríguez came in and there were a few adjustments. The whites started to control the bouncer and started to run away. Before the break, the 5-19 streak put the tables on the scoreboard. The battle was renewed.

Load in minutes

disassembled theory

The Hellenes, led by the successful Isaiah Caanan, broke through the white defense. And Olympiakos took Sasha Vezenkov. It is very surprising that 39 minutes are played in the final at this level. Stop all these stories about physical exhaustion, distribution of minutes and blah blah blah… In Madrid, a big burden for Tavares and Hezonja. They collected 35 per player, so this story will have to be rethought.

Madrid, in the zone

tactical success

Madrid’s zone persistently sought open shots from the Greeks’ worst long-range player, McKissic, forcing him to shoot. Chuso Mateo’s full tactical success. He managed to freeze the game by directly blocking Helena.

champion gene

El Chacho and Causeur

Real Madrid had that gene, yes, that lucky gene that allowed them to find a solution when they were 8 points down at two moments in the last quarter. A decision that was based on the calmness and talent that only his veterans could give him. Especially Chacho Rodríguez. And also the Frenchman Fabien Causeur. And that deadly giant like Tavares is, because white people have a good handful of people with that gene. His physical power is so brutal in Europe that there is no comparison. Chapeau for the defense that Olimpiacos put out to be less decisive than against Barcelona.

three weeks

From punch to tangerine

Three weeks passed between the humiliation of the unforgivable tangana and the start of Madrid’s eleventh Euroleague. There is a psychological merit to this twist that will be interesting to analyze. In the most difficult season according to criticism from all sides, Real Madrid wins its most dreamy title. The celebration of the players in the Zalgirio Arena so many minutes after the end of the game says a lot about what this team and the coaching staff have been through this month. From Llull to Pantera and from Llull to Fall. This is the story of this title. Incredible. Barcelona was then already flying towards the city of Barcelona where the whites lifted the title.