The focus at the 2021 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four switched on Saturday afternoon. After reflecting of Friday's two semifinals, the attention moved to Sunday's championship game with Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius and center Pau Gasol of FC.
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Miguel Ángel Moreno
Sports Desk, May 28 (EFE).- The Final Four, which this weekend will see the Euroleague basketball champion crowned in Cologne still without spectators because of the pandemic will for the first time feature a new kind of virtual crowd thanks to cutting edge technology that will give 14,210 fans an immersive, albeit remote, experience.
The tournament that will decide Europe’s best team between Barcelona, CSKA Moscow, Anadolu Efes and Armani Milan at the Lanxess Arena will not be able to welcome a crowd due to Covid, forcing organizers to look for alternatives to involve fans.
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28 May 2021
K8 cameras are set up for the Final Four in Cologne, Germany. EFE/YBVR HANDOUT
Joel Bolomboy (L) of CSKA Moscow in action against Kyle Hines (R) of Milan during the Euroleague basketball match between CSKA M?oscow and AX Armani Exchange Milan in Moscow, Russia, 11 March 2021. EFE/EPA/SERGEY ILNITSKY
The Final Four, which this weekend will see the Euroleague basketball champion crowned in Cologne still without spectators because of the pandemic will for the first time feature a new kind of virtual crowd thanks to cutting edge technology that will give 14,210 fans an immersive, albeit remote, experience.
May 28, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Even as they prepared to play one of the biggest games of their lives, the stars of the 2021 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four could not help but express regret for those who will be missing from at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, when the semifinals are played Friday night: the fans.
Of course, as in much of the sports world, the Final Four players became accustomed in recent months to playing most of their games in empty arenas. But when it comes to the Final Four, which is always sold out with basketball lovers from all over the world, the players feel for fans who cannot contribute for the first time to the pageantry that makes the event a singular celebration of the sport.