Whatever sport you play, Barcelona-Real Madrid is always a different show. Especially if they are playing for a pass to the Euroleague final, the most prestigious club tournament in Europe, and if there are still two Argentines on the field like Nicolás Laprovíttola and Gabriel Deck.

It all happened in Belgrade, Serbia, where the two best in Spain struck a positive balance for the people of Madrid, who won 86-83 and got a ticket in great sense this Saturday. The point guard from Buenos Aires scored 17 points, while the forward from Santiago finished with seven.

The start of the match featured a personal rivalry between the Buenos Aires player, who scored four points for Barcelona, ​​and Yabusele, with two triples in between scoring eight for Real.

Merengue stretched the lead to six (8-14) in the hands of Llul, Caseur and again Yabusele, the top scorer in fourth with ten points, just over five minutes from the end of the quarter.

Davies, Abrines and a three-pointer by Mirotic cut the dry spell to make Barsa 7-0 and lead the score again (15-14). Then, there are two free turtle Deck in the middle, both teams lent each other the lead to leave with a draw in the first break (19-19).

In the second quarter the tonic seemed to be the same. Real Madrid took a four-point lead (23-27) with 2+1 from Deck at the start of the chapter. however, the blaugranas again attacked with an 8-2 (31-29) run to take the lead and that Pablo Laso, DT from Madrid, would have to request a time-out with four more minutes.

The score was again tied at 31 and there was a break: another burst, this time 14-3, from Barsa guided by Mirotic, Laprovittola (one triple and two free kicks) and Exum to go into the locker room 45-34.

The third quarter showed a completely different face. In this case, Real Madrid relied on Abalde, Caseur and Yabusele, who combined to stay just three points behind (56-53) with 2 minutes remaining and 19 minutes left in the quarter. Despite the time out requested by Saras Jasikevicius, Barsa’s coach, Merengue didn’t give up and completed the partial comeback with four more points from Caseur and a triple from Llul (56-60).

With everything that will play out in the end, Barcelona did not come out of their surprise, they committed fouls as a result of their desperation and saw how their rival distanced themselves by seven. with six points from Llul and two from Poirier (59-66). Mirotic’s triple had just 5 and a half minutes left as a result of four away (64-68).

Yabusele left his team with a seven-point advantage in 4:34 (66-73), but Lapro reappeared to rescue two consecutive bombs while Mirotic scored twice to equal 75 with 2m45 more..

In a touching ending, where they arrived within a point (83-84) with seven seconds left, Llul and Yabusele capitalized on two free kicks and sealed their team’s spot in the final.

The scorer of the match was Mirotic, with 26 points. Caseur, in the win, is the top scorer with 18.

Anadolu Efes goes for the bi

Earlier, Turkey’s Anadolu Efes defeated Olympiacos 74-77 to become the first finalists in the land of Serbia.

Thus, he will face his second consecutive title after the achievement in 2021 in Cologne, Germany, against Barcelona, ​​which at the time was Leandro Bolmaro in their range.