Final Preview: Will Sopron complete the fairytale by toppling UMMC?
SOPRON (EuroLeague Women) – The atmosphere promises to be incredible for this season's title game in Sopron as they step out against favorites UMMC in their first ever EuroLeague Women Final.
SOPRON (EuroLeague Women) – The atmosphere promises to be incredible for this season's title game in Sopron as they step out against favorites UMMC in their first-ever EuroLeague Women Final.
Outlook: There were tears of joy on and off the court on Friday night after that pulsating Semi-Final win, which was the biggest in the long EuroLeague Women history of Sopron. Everybody wrote them off and yet they just keep getting up and knocking down their bigger opponents. After dumping out Fenerbahce in the Quarter-Finals and then Yakin Dogu Universitesi, this is the ultimate test against a UMMC team. One that many are describing as champions in waiting. But, pressure can weigh heavily and with nothing to lose and some momentum behind them, will Sopron deliver what would arguably be the biggest upset ever in a Final?
.@WBSopron make history with thrilling win to make first ever #EuroLeagueWomen Final! Highlights 📹!
— EuroLeague Women (@EuroLeagueWomen) April 20, 2018
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Key Match-Up: Tina Jovanovic and Brittney Griner has to be the one to watch. It's an unsung hero against a WNBA superstar. The Serbian got into foul trouble in the Semi-Finals and will do well to avoid that happening against the towering and imposing presence of Griner, who many will expect to dominate. Not least after she made that statement of intent with the dunk against Dynamo Kursk. But don't write Jovanovic off. She has helped Sopron enormously throughout their spectacular run to this Final. Even more impressively, in her maiden EuroLeague Women campaign.
2⃣8⃣ PTS , 6⃣ REB and 5⃣ AST for @MooreMaya to lead @BC_UMMC into the #EuroLeagueWomen Final! @WNBA @minnesotalynx pic.twitter.com/HOZ8298IC4
— EuroLeague Women (@EuroLeagueWomen) April 20, 2018
Killer Question: Is there any way that Sopron can disrupt the rhythm of Maya Moore and Alba Torrens, who could feasibly take the game away from the Hungarian side quickly if they get going early?
Trivia: UMMC are gunning for a fourth EuroLeague Women title and that would pull them level with their former great rivals Sparta&K M.R Vidnoje who won theirs consecutively between 2007-2010.
THANKS!! I love all of you pic.twitter.com/TcqGUR0nYr
— Roberto Iñiguez (@Robertoih5) April 20, 2018
They Say: "I feel very happy for my players. They have been working the whole season like animals. I have never seen a team like this in my life. They follow me as a Coach. They even push me. I come in [to practises] excited. I feel like a kid. My players love to work incredibly hard and they deserve to be in this Final because of this." Sopron head coach, Roberto Iniguez.
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