Barça and Zenit of Saint Petersburg face off in one of the most attractive duels in the fifth day of the Euroleague. Both teams arrive at a good moment to the meeting, with the culés leaders of the Euroleague with a full four wins in as many games, tied with the Olympia of Milan.
The Zenit by Xavi Pascual, for its part, occupies the seventh place in the standings with a record of 3 wins by a single loss, with up to four other teams tied (Olympiacos, Real Madrid, ASVEL and CSKA Moscow). The Barça team comes to win with suffering in extra time at AS Monaco 81-85, while the Russian side defeated Bayern Munich at home 79-71.
The team of Xavi Pascual has already pushed the limit to Barcelona last season in the Euroleague playoff quarterfinals, where they reached the fifth game of the series, with a culé victory at the Palau Blaugrana. The Sarunas Jasikeviciu’s Barças came to the grand final of the Euroleague playoff last season, where he lost to him Anadolu efes in the last game. This course wants to improve and win the title, where matches against playoff rivals such as Zenit are very important touchstones.
In the regular phase of the 2020/2021 season, the Barcelona It was the best team of all in the regular phase, they had 24 wins and 10 losses, so they aspire to repeat performance and for this they must achieve the victory in their pavilion of the Palau Blaugrana. The Zenit last season he finished eighth with 20 wins to 14 losses to his credit.
The quality of the Barça squad is very high, with a great variety of senior players such as Nikola Mirotic, Cory Higgins, Nick Calathes or Brandon Davies, among others. That is why the Barça is one of the great favorites to get the title of the Euroleague, but to do so, it must continue due to the good dynamics it has in the Endesa League, where it has chained six consecutive victories after losing the final of the Endesa Super Cup 2021 against Real Madrid.
The Barça by Jasikevicius has incorporated Sertac Sanli (Anadolu Efes), Rokas Jokubaitis (Zalgiris Kaunas), Nicolas Laprovittola (Real Madrid) and Nigel Hayes (Zalgiris). By cons, they have come out Artem Pustovyi (Herbalife Gran Canaria), Victor Claver (Valencia Basket), Adam Hanga (Real Madrid), Leo Westermann (Monaco) and Leandro bolmaro (Minnesota Timberwolves). All this with the aim of conquering the Euroleague, the Endesa League and the Copa del Rey, all of them very important titles for the section.
When do you play Barça – Zenit?
The game is played Today, Friday, October 22, at 9:00 p.m.
Where to see Barça – Zenit?
The meeting can be seen through DAZN , platform covering the Euroleague. You can follow all the information regarding the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.