EuroLeague Round 2: Barcelona, Monaco overcome last season's finalists / News - Basketnews.com

The back-to-back EuroLeague champions had to bow down against Monaco in an overtime thriller while Barcelona took down their archrivals Real on the first day of the second EuroLeague round.

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The second week of the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season has arrived.

The first matchup of Round 2 features the defending league champions Anadolu Efes Istanbul meeting against AS Monaco with Mike James in front. The intriguing duel starts at 19:00 CET.

At the same time, at 19:00 CET, Panathinaikos Athens' head coach Dejan Radonjic will meet his former team Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade.

Later on, at 20:30 CET, a true basketball dessert awaits the European fans. FC Barcelona will try to seek revenge against their archrivals Real Madrid in El Clasico. Real won the Spanish SuperCup final 89-83 after overtime less than three weeks ago.

In the last matchup of the day (at 20:30 CET), Virtus Segafredo Bologna and FC Bayern Munich will try to bounce back after Round 1 defeats against Monaco and Fenerbahce, respectively. It will be the battle between two Italian masterminds: Sergio Scariolo and Andrea Trinchieri.

All EuroLeague games are broadcasted onEuroLeague TV.

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FC Barcelona 75-73 Real Madrid

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Virtus Segafredo Bologna 66-63 FC Bayern Munich

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AS Monaco 95-92 Anadolu Efes Istanbul

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Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 75-77 Panathinaikos BC Athens

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