For most of the match, the Sopron Basket defended tightly and imaginatively attacked Galatasaray, taking the first step towards the top spot in the Euroleague group stage.
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The scene of the Turks in front of their small bench before the break showed everything about the state of mind of the Turks. Sopron attacked for almost two minutes before it, with players retrieving the offensive rebound four times, and Efe Guven, the Galata coach, found the main cause of the ailing under the backboard in poor Melis Gulcan. The head coach was already yelling remotely with his replaced player, who had just escaped the slap on the bench if the rest of the professional staff didn’t jump in there, maybe the story would deteriorate to action.
Yes, Galatasaray was not lucky with the tour in Sopron. Due to the snowstorm raging in Istanbul, they could only board a plane at Wednesday dawn, so the players were preparing for their lunch in Hungary shortly after noon. Then, in vain, they started the match fresh, with 6–0, after five minutes Dávid Gáspár, the master of the Hungarian champion, was satisfied with the soft defense of his players and his throws from unprepared situations, and he put his head in order. The result was a 10-2 home rush, but this was also surpassed in the second ten minutes, when the Sopron team essentially decided to clash with a 17-1 series. Those who played a nice team game, the points were divided, and Zsófia Fegyverneky was the only leader to replace the other club icon, the sick Jelena Brooks. It was gratifying that many of the Hungarian members of the frame spent a lot of time on the floor.
Let’s say the Sopronians didn’t show their most beautiful faces after the turn, the Galata came back in minus ten points in four and a half minutes, with just a few important doubles for Gülcan, whose coach had long wanted to bother the locker room. But the Turkish trees don’t grow up to the sky either: when Sopron was gathered and paying attention, the guests didn’t stand a chance – they scored two points in the last ten minutes … they also fell into the best moments, and the hair of the match was already a pleasure. Beyond its first Turkish opponent is Sopron, the other, the stronger Istanbul guard, Fenerbahce, may come on Saturday.
EUROLIGA, WOMEN, GROUP B
SOPRON BASKET–GALATASARAY 73–44 (16–14, 28–12, 11–16, 18–2)
Sopron, 700 viewer. V: Tomasovic (Slovak), Chueca Moreno (Spanish), Baloun (Czech)
SOPRON: ARMED 12/6, January 8/6, G. WILLIAMS 12/3, Varga A. 6, BORDER 16. Replacement: Gaye 5, N. Jovanovics 8, Sugar 4, Sitku Zs. 2, Varga S. Coach: David Gáspár
GALATASARAY: Bilgic 5, Plum 12/3, K. Davis 12, Gulcan 6, Krajisnik 4. Exchange: Yilmaz 1, Sahin, Turan 4, Albayrak. Coach: Efe Güven
Development of the result. 2 minutes: 0–6. 5. p.: 9–12. 9. p.: 16–14. 11. p.: 20–16. 15. p.: 29–21. 18. p.: 39–22. 20. p.: 44–26. 25. p.: 48–38. 27. p.: 55–38. 35. p.: 66–42. 36. p.: 66–44
MASTER BALANCE SHEET
Dávid Gáspár: – It was a pleasure to see on the team how energetic and energetic he started the match. There was only a drop of nervousness in the girls, but after a few minutes the order in their heads was restored. We improved our defense, we were able to finish the actions with a quick start in several cases. We tried to play at a pace that we always wanted to characterize us. The victory with a big difference is very good, and so is the way our Hungarian players performed. Zsuzsi Sitku also got her first points in the Euroleague. Thank you to the fans for their support, we will be in great need on Saturday too, I hope they fill the hall!
Efe Trust: – We’re on a very difficult journey. Due to the weather we were only able to arrive on the day of the match, we set off at five in the morning. We don’t want to make excuses, but it was hard to play like that at the level of the Euroleague, which is a tough league. We started well, but after that we didn’t have enough strength, and we performed very poorly in attack and then the standard dropped in defense.
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