Aíto García Reneses, finally, can work with the full squad. Since this Friday, Maxi Fjellerup and Roko Prkacin have joined training, after their respective international commitments, and Lubos Barton has also arrived at Fontajau, designated as the assistant coach. Already on the day of his presentation last month, Aíto lamented the difficulties they would have during the pre-season to grow given the lack of players, distributed among different national teams. Finally, twelve days before the start of the Endesa League, in Fontajau everyone who should be there is already there, waiting to see if a final signing, a pivot, will be finalized, once the choice of hard Pierre Oriola due to his physical problems.
Therefore, at this time, Basketball Girona is made up of Eric Vila, Kameron Taylor, Pol Figueras, Quino Colom, Dusan Miletic, Josep Franch, Ondrej Hanzlik, Marc Gasol, Pato Garino, Maxi Fjllerup and Roko Prkacin. The Argentine and the Croatian were the last to arrive. Fjllerup has returned to Fontajau, after the good role he played there last year when he reached the halfway point of LEB Or des del Palma, as a brand new Copa América champion with Argentina. For his part, Prkacin played at testimonial level in the Eurobasket, falling to Finland in the round of 16. Nor was Lubos Barton, Aíto’s assistant, in Girona, who, after doing the same task for the Czech Republic national team in the European championship, has also been working in Fontajau since yesterday.
The next challenge for Básquet Girona will be on Tuesday, in Tarragona (9pm) in the semi-final of the Catalan League against Barça. A test of height that will finally give an idea of where the team is a week before the premiere in the Liga Endesa against Real Madrid. It will have to be seen if Aíto can count for the derby with Garino and Sorolla. The former has not yet made his debut after leaving the Argentina national team due to physical discomfort, while the pivot has been suffering from plantar fasciitis since the friendly against Joventut in Olot on the first weekend of the month.
Presentation of the Endesa League
This coming Thursday, the presentation of the new season of the league will take place in Madrid, at the Endesa headquarters. The player who will represent Basketball Girona will be Quino Colom. The Super Cup will be played next weekend, and then there will only be three days left until the start of the Liga Endesa with Girona-Madrid de Fontajau on Wednesday 28 September at 9pm. The seats are sold out and only row 0 remains, at 180 euros per unit. Girona Basketball had a great response when it put season tickets on sale and closed the campaign, between renewals and new registrations, with more than 3,800. In addition, it has 600 seats for each match, which in the case of Madrid, sell up in a few hours.
