Real Madrid defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 75:74 (22:18, 17:18, 21:22, 15:16) in a Round 13 EuroLeague basketball match. The game was played at Arena Botevgrad in Bulgaria. The Israeli team chose Sofia and Botevgrad as the venues for their home games due to the conflict in the Middle East. The top scorer for the winners was Mario Hezonja with 19 points, adding 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Facundo Campazzo and Alberto Abalde each scored 11 points for Real Madrid. For Hapoel Tel Aviv, Chris Jones and Antonio Blakeney finished with 14 points each.
Maccabi defeats Hapoel in first Israeli basketball derby in Sofia
Hapoel Tel Aviv defeats Barcelona in EuroLeague opener in Sofia
Before this match, Los Blancos had only one away win in the EuroLeague season, achieved in the derby against Barcelona. This is the fourth loss for the Israeli team since the start of the tournament. Real Madrid is in tenth place, while Hapoel remains the leader in the group standings, reports sportal.bg.
Edited by Ivo IvanovPublished and translated by Kostadin Atanasov
Photo: Facebook / Real Madrid Basket
Nearly 20,000 football fans are expected to attend the World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and Turkiye. The match will be played on Saturday, October 11, at 9.45 pm at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The game will mark the debut of..
Basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov was named the best player outside the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the second consecutive year, according to a survey conducted among NBA general managers. The Olympiacos star received 44% of..
Bulgaria's Olympic champion from Paris Karlos Nasar became the world champion in weightlifting for the third time . At the World Championships in Førde , Norway, he took gold in the clean and jerk movement with 222 kg, as well as in the combined..
Rain
Mostly Cloudy
Scattered showers
Cloudy
Cloudy
Overcast, rain