Bird Navarro analyzed the BCL quarter draw. beat the UCAM Murcia It is the last obstacle before the Final Four. “It is a team with which we have played recently, which is in a good line, both in ACB like in BCL. After our match, they were able to beat Tenerife by twenty points, they won in Bilbao… I think they are on a good line. It’s a dangerous team because it has players who are capable of scoring even though you do a good defensive job; different records in defense. It’s going to be a difficult tie for both of them, but how could it be otherwise. We are talking about the quarterfinals, with the prize of playing a Final Four. It couldn’t be easy. We still have two Endesa League games before playing against them, we’re going to see if we can focus to recover the pulse of the domestic competition, and then prepare for that series as best as possible”.
The Unicaja coach recalled the recent precedents against the university students, the last one very recent. “We arrived just right, it was the fourth game in eight days. I think the team did a good job when it came to competing, overcoming problems; I think we made mistakes in the first part of the approach thinking that the team was not going to come fresh , and I think that we failed a little there. But I hope that we are better than that game, and also we can also think about how the game at Carpena went, which was complicated because we were trailing at half-time, but we were able to get it out with our people. I hope, no matter what Easterthat our fans know how important it is, the prize that passing this tie can have”.
“To have been first of our group leads us to this, being able to play a playoff at home, where we feel very comfortable and the people encourage us a lot. I think it would be important to do something nice in front of our people and enjoy it with them, but first we will have to suffer and go through difficult times, of course; and hopefully we can achieve it “, he spoke of the importance of having the home court factor.
