Paris (AFP)
Lyon, which had started its European campaign well on Tuesday, gave in narrowly for its second match against Prague (80-79) Thursday in Istanbul, while Basket Landes won the Franco-French duel at Sopron against Bourges (69- 66 AD), still fanny after two matches.
In this remodeled version of the queen of European women's basketball competition, the teams are united in health bubbles due to the Covid-19 pandemic in order to limit travel across the continent.
For this first window (a second will be organized at the end of January), Lyon is spending the week in Istanbul.
After dominating Gdynia (89-57) on Tuesday, the players of Valéry Demory were beaten on the smallest margin by USK Prague, European champion in 2015, despite Marine Johannès' 38 points.
The Czechs recovered ten points behind in the third quarter (24-11).
On Friday, Asvel will try to achieve the feat of beating Fenerbahce, finalist in three of the last seven editions.
In Sopron, the Tango de Bourges, beaten by the local team on Tuesday (70-60), cracked in overtime (9-6) against the Mont-de-Marsan club.
The Montoises relied on their Canadian interior Miranda Ayim (14 points, 9 rebounds), the Berruyères doing the same with Alexia Chartereau (21 points, 14 rebounds).
In this group D, Galatasaray was affected by cases of Covid-19 and could not make the trip.
Bourges is therefore done with this first window while Basket Landes still has to face Sopron on Friday.
The fate of the Galatasaray matches will be decided by the disciplinary body of the International Federation (Fiba).
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