First 'Spanish' Belgrade derby as Partizan host Zvezda
Partizan and Crvena Zvezda meet on Thursday with Joan Penarroya and Ibon Navarro on the two benches, a first for the Belgrade derby.

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O dérbi de Belgrado desta quinta-feira entre Partizan Mozzart Bet e Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet vai entrar para os registros qualquer que seja o placar: pela primeira vez, os dois bancos pertencem a espanhóis.
Joan Penarroya, no comando do Partizan, e Ibon Navarro, no do Zvezda, são a primeira dupla de técnicos espanhóis a trabalhar a mesma edição do clássico entre os dois clubes belgradeses.
O precedente é escasso. Apenas dois treinadores de fora da antiga Iugoslávia haviam dirigido qualquer um dos clubes — o grego Giannis Sfairopoulos no Zvezda e o italiano Andrea Trinchieri, cuja mãe é croata —, e os trabalhos dos dois nunca coincidiram.
A classificação aumenta o tempero. O Zvezda começou com 4-2, o Partizan está um passo atrás, com 3-3, espera-se casa cheia e o orgulho local em jogo vale até o próximo encontro.
O que torna o enredo digno de acompanhamento é o contraste de escolas. O basquete espanhol é associado há muito ao ritmo mais rápido da Europa; a tradição sérvia se apoia em um jogo mais lento, voltado ao arremesso.
Se Navarro e Penarroya conseguem injetar ideias novas em dois clubes de pedigree europeu profundo — e como lidam com uma torcida cuja intensidade tem pouco em comum com o que conheciam em casa — é a pergunta aberta da noite.
O público da península Ibérica, em especial, terá a sensação de assistir à primeira edição "espanhola" de um jogo que já atrai audiências no mundo todo.
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