The Argentinean Madrid team easily defeated the Serbians at home, winning 95-72, with football players Vinicius and Eduardo Camavinga in the stands at the WiZink Center in the Spanish capital.

Regarding the national team’s performance, Facu, who started, finished as the second-highest scorer for the white team with 13 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds in 20 minutes for his previous club. In 18 minutes on the field, the Santiago native scored 10 points and pulled down 5 rebounds for Tortu.

Although much work remains, this win will put Chus Mateo’s club in the running for the playoffs. They had already defeated Partizan and Panathinaikos, and this victory over Belgrade is their third in the tournament; nevertheless, they have also lost to Bayern and Baskonia.

They will end the day in fourth position this Thursday, and they will travel to Maccabi Tel Aviv and Olympiacos of Luca Vildoza for the next round.

However, Bolmaro’s Olimpia Milano fell to Anadolu Efes 96-84 at home. This was the Italians’ third straight loss, and they now sit fourth in the league, second to bottom in the table, only surpassed by Alba Berlin (1-4). The native of Las Varillas began the game on the bench and finished with five points, seven assists, and two rebounds in 26 minutes.

The Argentines and the other parties

Three other games were played on Thursday in addition to Madrid vs. Milan: Paris shocked Monaco 87-80, Baskonia defeated Alba Berlin 80-57 at home, and Zalgiris Kaunas, the team in the lead, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 78-63 in Lithuania.

Regarding the other national representatives, on Friday at 15:45, Vildoza from Mar del Plata will go to Bayern Munich with the Greek squad. The other Argentinean is Nicolás Laprovittola, who will be missed among men after making headlines a few days ago owing to a ruptured ligament.