BadalonaBadalona is again Badalona. Joventut closed a season on Friday in which it has regained the enthusiasm of its fans. The top three attendance figures at an Endesa League pavilion are at the Palau Olímpic, which has gathered 33,276 spectators against Barça in the three matches of this campaign. “This season is very difficult to do. We have managed to get the fans back to the Olympics. This is what can help us take steps forward,” said Pau Ribas, a green-and-black team escort. .
After a season without spectators in the pavilions due to the pandemic, the good trajectory of the Youth has been enthralling the Badalona fans. The Olympic Palace has also been transformed with the dispute of matches of play-off, as both against Lenovo Tenerife and against Barça the attitude of the fans was very intense. “We have re-engaged a young audience, a very intense fan. We have to do things so that next season they can continue with us. Having a group of home players helps,” said Ribas.
“We’ve been doing a project for a while now and people are joining us. The reality is that during the regular season we were the fourth ACB team in attendance volume, and we are happy. The team and the project are growing, and all together, with the fans, we need to be strong and make people more ambitious. We have to do a project to understand who we are, how we want to do it, and go slowly because it will bring us better results in the future “, explains Jordi Martí, sports director of the green-and-black club.
Carles Duran, who took over the project when the club was in danger of extinction and the team was suffering from not being relegated to the LEB Or, is drawing the support of the public. “I want to thank all the people who have always come to the Olympics and who have kept us lucky. We love to play at home. I think it has been a special atmosphere between the fans and the team, that those of us who are from We know the Peña from an early age is not easy “, says the coach, who criticized Sarunas Jasikevicius. “The Barça coach doesn’t value us. He is a rude person who doesn’t respect us,” he said.
