The victory in Palma on October 25 is a long way off for a Bàsquet Girona that counts the other matches by defeats (5). Carles Marco’s team resumes the competition today after being stopped due to international commitments with the visit of Real Murcia to Fontajau (2/4 of 8). A demanding match for Girona, who will not be able to count on the injured Àlex Llorca -it has been there for two months- nor with his substitute, Kári Jónsson, who was announced yesterday but who still cannot play. The 23-year-old Icelandic international comes from Haukar in his country’s first division, where he has played the last few games, and knows the category of his experience at LEB OR from his time at the FC Barcelona branch this season ( 2018-19). Jónsson has also been in the NCAA (Drexel, 16-17) and is an absolute international with the Icelandic national team.
“After consecutive defeats, these weeks have been long without playing. They have helped us to work on things we need to do better. It has been productive “, says Marco, who is confident that the team will be able to remove” the tension and pressure “from the defeats. Marco wants to focus today on abandoning “these fears” and trying to “challenge ourselves to improve on things we do wrong and to play more minutes with more consistency.” All in all, to try to get the first victory of the season in Fontajau.
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