Basketball gives a lot of attention as it was completed on Friday by a Barça and Red Star in the best game in Belgrade in front of almost 20,000 spectators which ended with a 94-98 victory for Barcelona after extra time and the same result at the end of regulation time (84-84)
It was a famous and emotional fight, and the wishes of Joan Peñarroya’s hostsbecause of the repeated comments that make the match more boring, because of the cut on the radio and because of the black dog that shot near the beginning in the middle of the match.
The Barça team managed to dominate behind the talented Kevin Punter (26 points and +30) with a triple in overtime and with Jan Vesely as your best friend with 19 points, five rebounds and +20 not forgetting Satoransky’s 11 points and six assists.
Going backwards Almost two years ago, Red Star and Barça had a match in the Belgrade Arena which ended with the victory of the team led by Sarunas Jasikevicius with the same result (94-99) and after five extra minutes that started 84-84.
Kalinic beat Red Star and Barça in Belgrade in 2022 / EFE
On December 30, 2022, the Serbian team won 84-81 in the absence of a meeting plan and Nikola Mirotic came out to force overtime with a triple (84-84). And in the last five minutes, Barça dominated with 15 points in overtime (94-99). What a coincidence! Two similar results.
A successful master builder It was American Cory Higgins with seven pointsaided by threes from Satoransky and Jan Vesely and two free throws from Mirotic in the final stretch. From the team only Vesely, Sato, Laprovittola and Abrines are still there.
Two years ago, Kalinic beat his former team with Barça with seven points, two rebounds and three assists (+8). This Friday the Serbian player had a great performance with 19 points, three rebounds and +23.
