Benfica Betis Lisbon International Championship

a Benfica This Saturday, September 3rd, he secured a place in the Lisbon International Championship final, by defeating Real Betis 73-67 in Pavelihao Vededad. Betinho Gomez was the Reds’ top scorer with 13 points.

still without Mike Zerbs In the match sheet, coach Norberto Alves put in initial five Three reinforcements. Tony DouglasAnd the Terrell Carter And the James Elisor The game started with Petenho Gomez And the Aaron BroussardOn a very promising start for the home team.

Betinho Gomez set the tone and opened the scoring with a hat-trick, and despite the immediate response from Betis, 13th in the ACB La Liga last season, Benfica advanced. Powerful intensity in pursuit of the ball and in individual duels the Reds quickly put the Reds ahead by 9-2.

The Spanish team tried not to let Benfica slip away in the score and Amar Sylla was the main one responsible for not increasing Benfica’s lead at the end of the first quarter. The powerful shooting efficacy and under-the-table supremacy put the reds to victory in end of the first a period unequivocally 16-29.

Despite the great rotation in the team presented by Norberto Alves, Benfica was unable to maintain the physical strength of the defense, nor the best judgment for attack. The Spaniards, with apparent merit, counterbalanced the conflict, with the North Americans, Jeremiah Hill and Robert Johnson III, distinguished in the Andalusian team. Don’t think, however, that the Reds lost control of the match. Less efficient to launch, but good defensive work was maintained, forcing the Spaniards to work hard for a chance to launch. Aaron Broussard balanced the partial result in the final minutes of the second quarter and prevented a bigger comeback for Betis.

to me rest time And after a fraction of 15-18 in favor of the opponent, Benfica went to the cabins to win 44-34.

The focus of the match remained in the third quarter, as the Spaniards raised their throw-in performance, that is, from three points, and gradually moved closer to the scoreboard. However, the closer Pettis gets, Benfica (already showed a lot of character) To retaliate and prevent and thwart the opposition’s attempts.

At the end of the third half, the Spanish partial team won again (15-21) and was only four points behind the Reds: 59-55 The result was.

At the beginning of the fourth half, James Elisor and Sergio Silva put Benfica ahead by nine points, but Betis did not give up, and after 2:59 minutes from the end, they touched the mark. After winning by points (68-67), the best of the team coached by Norberto Alves appeared once again. Giving Terrell Carter, James Elliser, and Evan Almeida with precision shooting win over For those who have incarnated before 73-67.

Benfica’s top player was Petinho Gomez with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 tackle..

The victory of the Benfica team, who will play Sunday 4 September, the final of Bavelhau Fidelaide, at 18:00with the winner of the Sporting Onikaga.

formulations

Norberto Alves (Benfica coach): “The team started very well. It was obviously the first game of the season and we were losing some consistency. It is also necessary to understand who we played with, a team from the ACB league, the best in Europe. The team defended normally well. Offensively, against their aggressiveness. Defensively, in direct balls we didn’t distribute the ball, we didn’t respond well to that direct hit and we weren’t very good. It’s the first test of the season, there’s a lot of things that need to be corrected and improved, but everyone gave a positive response, obviously there was a concern here all over the place. their minutes, even in order to prevent injury. [domingo] We have another game and we want to make the most of it to improve it. That is the main objective of these preparatory matches.”