Poles Anwil Wloclawek dominated Cholet (81-77) in the first leg of the FIBA Europe Cup (C4) on Wednesday night. The Mauges club will be four points behind to come back at home next Wednesday.
In slight unfavorable ballot: Cholet lost four points (81-77) Wednesday evening on the floor of the Poles of Wroclawek in the first leg of the European Cup (C4), a gap that he will have to go up during the return leg to lift his first European trophy.
For the second leg final @FIBAEuropeCup on Wednesday April 26 at 8 p.m. at La Meilleraie, the Choletais will have a 4-point deficit to overcome to lift the club’s first European trophy!
We’re going to need a boiling Meilleraie! Go CB!#ANWCB#CBFAMILY@FIBAEuropeCuppic.twitter.com/Show3ZXzFy
– Cholet Basket (@CB_officiel) April 19, 2023
The Choletais, still in the lead at the start of the last quarter (65-64), can however consider themselves lucky not to have conceded a wider defeat which would have complicated their chances before receiving in their room of La Meilleraie, next Wednesday.
No more titles since 2010
They were indeed led by seven points with 40 seconds remaining (81-74), possession in hand for the Poles in success at long distance (13/29). But the latter missed the +10 ball before Dominic Artis (19 pts including 4/10 at three points) split his second award-winning shot in a row in the money time to make the French champion’s mission easier 2010, his last title.