Villeurbanne, after having tied with Valence, collapsed in the second half to concede its eleventh defeat of the season in the Euroleague (78-55), Friday at the Arena de Décines-Charpieu in a match of the 13th day . The score at half-time was 35-33 in favor of the Valencians, twelfth at kick-off, who won their seventh success for six defeats.
Asvel has only won twice away in the Euroleague and remains at the bottom of the standings with Alba Berlin. The Villeurbannais, who hoped to finally take off thanks to a series of three matches in a row at home against Maccabi, Valencia then Panathinaikos, on December 14, have already lost two. They thus remain on a series of twelve consecutive defeats at home, including two in their new Arena located in OL Vallée.
The Rhone club has not won in front of its home crowd since January 26. If 11,300 spectators had gathered for the opening of this new ultra-modern hall for the inaugural match lost against Bayern Munich, there were only 8,200 left to see Valencia.
Facing the Spanish team led by Semi Ojeleye (16 points) and the former Villeurbanne player, Chris Jones (14 points), Asvel won the first quarter (23-18) before giving in despite Joffrey Lauvergne’s thirteen points. and the twelve by Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.
The Villeurbannais, trailing by seventeen points in the 35th minute (45-62) before giving in completely at the end to lose by 21 points, did not show great shooting skills (17/34, 48 .6%), at three points (4/25, 16%) or on free throws (9/15, 60%) while they were superior in rebounding (40 to 36).