Fontajau hosted this afternoon the Media Day of the Girona basketball prior to the LEB Gold Final Four where promotion to the ACB League will be at stake. Marc Gasol, player and president, has been one of the protagonists that has garnered more anticipation. The pivot explained that “we have to enjoy it because we don’t always live in moments like this. We have to enjoy it from effort, concentration and sacrifice.” Gasol also considers that “we are growing a lot as a club, it’s been four years since we were 150 fans here to see the start of the senior at EBA, and now we’re fighting in the Final Four. But from the start the club is one resounding success, with the base part, and now also with the female part. We will have 400 boys and girls at the base and that makes me very excited. That we will also be successful in the first team will be great. ”
The promotion is two games away. It will be necessary first overcome Lleida, Saturday (8pm), and in a hypothetical final, the winner of Estudiantes-Palencia. “Playing Fontajau is very lucky because we will have our people behind us,” he said. Marc Gasol admitted that “my days are getting short” combining the work of playing and president, and stressed that “we have lived two very intense weeks”. Asked if he faces an NBA final as much as one of the LEB Gold, he said that “it’s not comparable, but what I do is live the present. You have to prepare as much as possible, face it with desire and enthusiasm “.
On Lleida, the first rival, he said that “they are a great team” and assured that both he and the team are only focused on the semifinal, without thinking about a hypothetical and decisive final on Sunday 19. Gasol has also been asked if his future as a player depended on the outcome of this Final Four and has made it clear that “for nothing” and that now he is only focused in the present. He insisted that this Final Four “should be enjoyed” because according to him “it is an opportunity for us to grow and learn, and share with the fans. We are ready and eagerwe have the illusion of playing a great game against Lleida “. Gasol has finished wishing luck al Girona FCwhich is played on Sunday the ascent to First in the field of Tenerife: “that they are doing very well, hopefully they can score and win the game, to celebrate the promotion”.
