We continue our campaign in Euroleague after a three-week long break on Wednesday from 5.30 pm Hungarian time against the top team of the group Fenerbahce Öznur Kablo.
This year we are somehow unlucky with flights. Going to France something went wrong with the plane, when on tour to Russia the connecting flight left earlier than advertised, and not the destination airport in Turkey was closed down due to an accident which occured due to the bad weather conditions. Fortunately, there are multiple airports in Istanbul, and we managed to buy 17 new tickets from a different airline for the flight at 2.20pm. Dalma Czukor was unable to join the team because following a medical check-up on Monday she was prescribed rehabilitation due to the pain in her Achilles.
The top team of the group has suffered only two defeats beside the six wins, one of which to us back in October in a real thriller in Sopron. Their other loss came in Montpellier, where they also fell short by two points. It seems like the new directions announced after last season - strengthening the Turkish core and the application of targeted quality international players - has panned out for the Turkish giants, and they have everything at hand to fulfill their goal and participate in the Final4. Compared to the matchup in October - making the center position stronger - came Laura Nicholls, however, Spanish point guard Anna Cruz left them during the holidays. It wouldn't be a surprise if they brought someone in for Victor Lapena to replace Cruz in the near future.
For our team the game in Turkey will be the fourth in 11 days, but we hope that with the wide rotation implemented in league games the rest on Sunday wiill be enough for the girl to restore their energy. Before the game we asked our team captain Zsófia Fegyverneky about how we would have the chance to get a surprise win.
Sopron vs. Fenerbahce (Euroliga)
20 games
6 win/14 losses
1377 points scored/1457 conceded
Because of the SuperCup game on Tuesday our next home game will take place at an unusual time, on Friday from 6 pm, in which we host BKG PRIMA NATURA Szigetszentmiklós
A jövő keddi Szuper Kupa mérkőzés miatt szokatlan időpontban, pénteken 18 órakor kerül sor a következő hazai bajnoki mérkőzésünkre, melyen a BKG PRIMA NATURA Szigetszentmiklóst fogadjuk
The board of our club has great experience in managing difficulties, but we are facing an especially huge challenge in terms of functioning due to the energy crisis, as well as on a professional level, since Courtney Vandersloot is for now unable to join our team due to personal reasons
Klubunk vezetésének nagy tapasztalata van már a nehézségek menedzselése terén, de most különösen nagy kihívások elé nézünk a működés tekintetében az energia-válság miatt, illetve szakmai vonalon is, miután személyes okok miatt Vandersloot Courtney egyelőre nem tud csatlakozni a keretünkhöz