Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv try today ( Sunday,17:40 )to make history and become the first team since 1991 to win this Euroleague Cup back-to-back.
For the first time since Berlin 1981, Maccabi will face a Spanish team in the Final when they meet Tau Votoria. Then it was Real Madrid.
Maccabi and Tau have played 8 times since 1999 and are even 4-4. Maccabi won the last two games in 2003: in Tel Aviv 100-77 and in Vitoria 93-79.
This will also be an encounter between the two stars of the Lithuania national team- Sarunas Jasikivicious (Maccabi) and Arvydas Maciauskas (Tau). Both of them stressed today that this is not a personal affair but a clash between the two two best teams in Europe.
A win will bring the Cup to Tel Aviv for the fifth time.
For coach Pini Gesrshon it will be a third consecutive win after Paris(2001)and Tel Aviv(2004). Saras can also record a third win in a row after doing it with Barcelona(2003)and Tel Aviv (2004).
