Preview | Besiktas-Valencia Basket: the bar is set very high | OneFootball

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Valencia Basket begins its EuroLeague 26/27 campaign by visiting the competition’s rookie side, Besiktas of Istanbul, in the Matchday 1 game of Europe’s top club competition. It will be the first time the two clubs have faced each other in this tournament, and the only previous meeting between them dates back more than 25 years to the Saporta Cup. Saint-Supéry, Cárdenas and Mo Gueye could play their first minutes in the competition after being included in the 13-man squad that traveled to Istanbul. Neal Sako, Nikola Mirotic and Jasiel Rivero, who were absent from the Super Cup, are also part of that group.

Besiktas returns to the EuroLeague thirteen years after its last appearance, and has also renovated its arena for home games. The team coached by Dusan Alimpijevicha has kept key players from last season such as Dotson, Zizic and Anthony Brown. In addition, it has made major signings such as DeJulius, Omoruyi, Wilbekin, Korkmaz and Gabriel.

This game will mark the taronja club’s tenth appearance in Europe’s top club competition, and its seventh in the last ten years. The Valencia side made its debut in the 2003/2004 season after winning its first EuroCup title, narrowly missing out on the Final Four.

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