To all or nothing in Nicaragua
Real Estelí wants to match the series to its people, and Instituto close it to return to Argentina with the classification. Tremendous crossing!
Day: 18/1. Local time: 19.30. TV: DirecTV.
Stadium: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello , Managua, Nicaragua.
The one that suffered in Córdoba was the first fall of Real Estelí in the Basketball Champions League Americas, but it was already behind. Now the Nicaraguan team will want to demonstrate to their people that they can dream of fighting for the title and will face to Instituto with the need for a triumph. Of course, if the Argentines win, they will be in the semifinals.
Instituto was blunt in Cordoba (88-80), he knew how to drive the game, played better and got 1-0 in the series. Tonight will seek to repeat to get into the top four, with full squad and with the conviction that he already won a game as a visitor in this BCLA, against Valdivia in Chile for the first phase.
🤙👏 “Va a ser la primera vez que un equipo argentino juegue en Nicaragua. Va a estar llenísimo”, @BartelLopez @RealEsteliB #BCLAmericas pic.twitter.com/4RGuUqHD7m
— #BCLAmericas (@BCLAmericas) January 18, 2020
Real Estelí triumphed in his two commitments as a local, and although he did not show a bad performance in Argentina, he returned empty-handed, although with the determination to achieve two wins that leave him in the race in the tournament. "Instituto It is a team that plays well and we must follow our ideas to tie the series, "said the coach of Nicaraguans, David Rosario.
The best of the first game were Jezreel De Jesús and Víctor Liz, with 32 and 27 points, respectively. On the Instituto side, Martín Cuello shone with 28 points.
The second game will be in Managua, and if there is a third game, it also goes on Monday in the capital of Nicaragua.