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Asvel falls heavily against Barcelona |

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Already beaten on Tuesday by Real Madrid, Asvel again bowed to the Astroballe de Villeurbanne in front of FC Barcelona. The Villeurbannais were largely dominated by the Catalans (80-60) now leader of the Euroleague and who push Asvel back to 8th place.

Decreased by injuries for a few weeks, Asvel can no longer do so in the Euroleague. For the third time in a row, TJ Parker’s men bowed to the European scene. After the Red Star in Belgrade, Real Madrid (87-74) on Tuesday and FC Barcelona (80-60) on Friday night at the Astroballe, Villeurbanne fell for the second time in a row at home.

Elie Okobo still very present

Very handicapped by the absences of Antoine Diot, David Lighty, Raymar Morgan and Victor Wembanyama, injured, while two players tested positive for Covid-19, Marcos Knight, recently recruited as a freelance medical writer, and Dylan Osetkowski, Asvel struggled physically in the second part of the game.

Too far from their standards at the start of the season, which had allowed them to win six victories, the Villeurbanese players struggled to exist in the 1st quarter (19-9) and the 3rd (31-19), which weighed heavy in the encounter. The 17 points of Elie Okobo, the top scorer in the European Championship will not have been enough to reverse the trend, especially as on the other side the Catalans were able to count on their star Nikola Mirotic (15 points) and especially an elusive Nicolas Laprovittola author of 25 points.

The political gratin is found at the Astroballe

Asvel were nevertheless able to count on the support of their home crowd throughout the game, which had not been the case a year ago when they won behind closed doors against Barcelona. This time in the spans of the Astroballe we could notably see the mayor of Villeurbanne, Cédric Van Styvendael, the mayor of Lyon, Gregory Doucet, the president of the Métropole de Lyon, Bruno Bernard, the prefect of the Rhône, Pascal Mailhos, or again the prosecutor of Lyon, Nicolas Jacquet, the military governor of Lyon, Gilles Daricau, and the rector of the academy Olivier Dugrip, in a meeting that looks like a local political summit.

From Sunday, Asvel will return to competition with the reception of Boulogne-Levallois, for a shock at the top of the French Championship, before, on November 26, to challenge Monaco in the Euroleague, the other Betclic Elite club engaged in the European championship.

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