Villeurbanne conceded its eighth defeat in a row in the Euroleague against the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus 85 to 73 in a match of the 16th day, Friday at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu (OL Vallée).
Asvel is last in the standings with a terrible record of two victories, acquired away against Alba Berlin and Zalgiris Kaunas, for fourteen losses.
The Villeurbanne team, with the worst defense and 15th attack, therefore clearly does not have the level of the Euroleague, a competition in which it has not won at home since January 26, 2023, i.e. fourteen matches lost in a row.
She is the only one this season not to have won at home yet (7 defeats).
The effects of the arrival of the Italian Gianmarco Pozzecco, coach of the Nazionale, to replace TJ Parker on the bench, are only visible in the French championship (2nd) and quickly faded in C1 where the dreams of qualification in play-in are set aside for the moment. Pozzecco also seems without a solution.
Deprived of Nando De Colo, injured in a calf, Wednesday in Milan where Asvel was routed (84-61), Villeurbanne did not even have any illusions against Olympiacos, 2023 finalist, 11th in the ranking in the kick-off and now with a record of eight wins and as many defeats and who can still consider qualifying for the play-in.
At halftime, the Rhone residents were trailing by 12 points (49-37) and even by 18 points in the 23rd minute.
Despite the 16 points from Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot and Paris Lee, the 12 from Mike Scott and even the 10 from Joffrey Lauvergne, they were too weak offensively to hope for anything (22/43 on shots, 51.2% ) and 4/19 at 3 points, 21.1%) against 20/30 on shots, 66.7% and 11/26, 42.3% for the Greeks.
The Villeurbannais, however, came back to eight points two minutes from the end (81-73) for a final defeat of 85-73.