Real Madrid-Casademont Zaragoza: La Liga gets underway
Chus Mateo's team will present the Supercopa to the WiZink Center before the opening game of the season (12:30pm CET).
Real Madrid kick off the regular season of the 2023/24 Liga today against Casademont Zaragoza at the WiZink Center. With their first title already under their belts after winning their tenth Super Cup in Murcia last Sunday, our team will try to open the competition with a victory. In addition, the team will be presenting the trophy won against Unicaja to the fans in the lead-up to the game.
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There is a long way to go to be the most consistent team of the season: six months and 34 games before the playoffs. The first opponent is Casademont Zaragoza at home. It is always good to start in front of our fans and we have done so by winning on the last four occasions at the WiZink Center 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021. In total, the streak of consecutive wins in the league opener is seven 2016 to 2022.
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There is a long way to go to be the most consistent team of the season: six months and 34 games before the playoffs. The first opponent is Casademont Zaragoza at home. It is always good to start in front of our fans and we have done so by winning on the last four occasions at the WiZink Center 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021. In total, the streak of consecutive wins in the league opener is seven 2016 to 2022.
Madrid have maintained the squad that made them European champions last May along with the addition of Campazzo. The return of the Argentinian point guard, who made it big in Murcia by being MVP of the tournament, gives another dimension to the team in both attack and defence. Two aspects in which, with balance and continuity, Madrid is almost unstoppable, as we saw in the second quarter against Barça and in the last against Unicaja. Deck will be absent, recovering from an injury to the femoral muscle in his right leg sustained in the semi-finals.
Our opponents
The team they face is unpredictable due to their total transformation. Fisac has put together a powerful and experienced squad by bringing in up to nine players, including Bell-Haynes, Emegano, Gielo, Kravic, Sulejmanovic and Okafor, number 3 in the 2015 draft, who has generated a lot of expectation. Only Langarita, Yusta and Simanic, who had to have a kidney removed after receiving a knock in the World Cup, remain. The preseason record for Casademont Zaragoza is 2 wins and 4 losses. They make their league debut today.
Our opponents
The team they face is unpredictable due to their total transformation. Fisac has put together a powerful and experienced squad by bringing in up to nine players, including Bell-Haynes, Emegano, Gielo, Kravic, Sulejmanovic and Okafor, number 3 in the 2015 draft, who has generated a lot of expectation. Only Langarita, Yusta and Simanic, who had to have a kidney removed after receiving a knock in the World Cup, remain. The preseason record for Casademont Zaragoza is 2 wins and 4 losses. They make their league debut today.