Pressure rising in the bubble

Although the air pressure decreased on the sunny morning in the city of Bourges, but the teams in competition for the quarter finals were rather feeling the increase of pressure on themselves.

The bubble in France will close the regular season, during the week it will be decided which teams will advance to the next round in which eight teams will compete for the Final4. The odds of us making it to thr next round must be high, since we are in a favorable position on the list of teams that could advance since we are looking forward to the tournament beginning on Monday from a great position with four wins. Since we have already played our games against Galatasaray, we have to play only two more games. From 8 pm on Monday against the hosts Bourges Basket and from 5 pm on Friday against thr other French side Basket Landes. Our rivals are preparing for four games, out of which Galatasaray will have it the worst, dince thry will play four times within five days. The French are in a somewhat betted situation, thanks to postponing their game against each other to January 24th. Hopefully by then we can follow the French derby from our seats as participants of the next round. We fought hard for this favorable position but it will only matter if we manage to make it count. The others might also open the gates to the quarter finals, too, but we don't want to be dependant on others.

Of course, our rivals want to take their last chance. Ahead of Monday's game Bourges head coach Olivier Lafargue was happy to answer our questions:

"This hub number 2 is very important for us. We didn’t won a game in Sopron, so we’re not in the best situation. But now we have some players back from injuries, and we’re gettin better as a team. This is why the club wanted to host the hub : to avoid long roadtrips, make good rehabs after games, playing at home is an advantage for sure.

The first game in Sopron was not bad, but I really think that some of the girls weren’t ready for what’s the Euroleague, physically. Sopron is one of the best roster of the league and we have to make a great game to fight against them."

Our head coach Dávid Gáspár is also preparing for great battles, at the end of which he hopes that we can reach our goals and make it go the quarter finals.

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Sopron vs. Bourges

21 games
12 win/ 9 losses
1357 points scored/ 1447 conceded

Last time – 01.12.2020.

Bourges Basket - Sopron Basket 60-70 (12-12, 17-22, 15-14, 16-22)
Sopron

Bourges Basket: Duchet 7/3, Mendy 11/6, Guapo -, Chartereau 15/6, Godin 3 Sub.: Yacoubou 18, Mann 4, Michel 2, Astier -
Sopron Basket: January 18/6, Fegyverneky 4, Williams 19/3, Brooks 17/3, Krajisnik 8 Sub.: Walker 2, Johnson 2, Czukor -

- 2021-01-17

A lefújást követõ ünnepi pillanatokat gyûjtöttük össze egy csokorba

We decided the outcome of the game in the first half of the Hungarian Cup final, and collected our tenth triumph in the competition! ALUINVENT-DVTK Miskolc - Sopron Basket 56-79 (14-21, 7-25, 20-18, 15-15) Budapest

Csapatunk remek játékkal már az elsõ félidõben eldöntötte a kupa sorsát, majd higgadtan õrizte elõnyét az energikusan kosárlabdázó diósgyõriekkel szemben, akik szintén minden dicséretet megérdemelnek

In our second game at the Hungarian Cup we got off to a great start and kept it up until the end to beat Szekszárd and secure a spot in Sunday’s final

A Magyar Kupa elõdöntõjében végig kézben tartottuk az irányítást, és magabiztosan jutottunk be a vasárnapi 19

Pénteken 17

After a pretty close first quarter we managed to overcome Ludovika-FCSM Csata in the Hungarian Cup quarter finals to advance to the next round

Az elsõ percekben még kerestük a helyünk a Gabányiban, de miután elkaptuk a fonalat, a félidõig eldöntöttük a negyeddöntõ sorsát

FIBA notified our club about some joyful news, according to which our club is to host one of the Euroleague Quarter-final bubbles based on our excellent application! Managing Director Zoltán Török added: "We work hard to earn lots of things!"

A FIBA örömteli hírrõl tájékoztatta klubunkat, miszerint a kiváló pályázatunk alapján klubunk rendezheti az egyik Euroliga Negyeddöntõ buborékot! Az elismeréshez Török Zoltán ügyvezetõnk annyit tett hozzá: "Sok mindenért dolgozunk és megdolgozunk!"

This year's László Killik Women's K&H Hungarian Cup launches on Wednesday at Gabányi Hall in Budapest, in which our quarter finals opponents will be LUDOVIKA-FCSM Csata from 8

Szerdán a budapesti Gabányi csarnokban elrajtol az idei Killik László Nõi K&H Magyar Kupa Döntõ, ahol a negyeddöntõben, 20

In 2020 our team earned Best Team of the County Award at our regional newspaper's traditional annual Award Ceremony, which was handed out to our club's representatives before Saturday's derby against Gyõr

2020-ban a megyei napilap, a Kisalföld hagyományos díjosztóján csapatunk érdemelte ki a Megye Legjobb Csapata elismerést, melyet szombaton, a Gyõr elleni rangadó elõtt adtak át klubunk képviselõinek

We weren't sharp and focused enough today, but we managed to win the difficult game against Gyõr

Hullámzó, de izgalmas mérkõzésen kerekedtünk felül a végjátékban a Gyõr együttesén

We are visiting second-seed UNI Gyõr Mély-Út, who have been defeated only twice in the league, and currently sit in the spot right behind us on the table

Szombaton 17 órakor a bajnokságban csupán két vereséget számláló, a tabellán közvetlenül mögöttünk helyet foglaló UNI Gyõr Mély-Út otthonába látogatunk

We took the lead early in the game and held onto it until the end against one of our biggest domestic rivals

Kiváló védekezéssel, jó ritmusú támadásokkal egy pillanatra sem adtunk esélyt a szekszárdiaknak, akiket ponton tartottunk