Badminton Rinconada returns to action. The girls of the Rinconera team open the 2023-2024 season in La Mancha by competing in the Iberdrola Cup for women’s clubs, a competition that brings back good memories to the expedition led by Antonio Molina, since those from San José de La Rinconada were the winners of the last edition by beating Badminton Oviedo, the host of the last edition, in the final.
For this competition, the corner coach did not want to leave anything undone and will count on his entire female expedition, which brings surprises to further strengthen the women’s section if possible. With the loss of Nerea Ivorra and Marta Molina, the technical secretariat of Rinconada has achieved the renewal of the bulk of its women’s section, since Clauda Leal, Bea Corrales, Laura Molina, Heather Olver and Leona Lee will continue to be corner players, in addition to the winter signing Xu Wei, who was already key in the last stretch of the league as well as in the European Club Championship.
To all of them has been added the brand new signing of Polina Buhrova, a young 19-year-old Ukrainian player accustomed to playing at the highest world level and with great projection. This signing responds to the intention of the corner club to gradually renew its men’s and women’s sections, since Leona Lee and Polina Buhrova are two young players with great projection.
With all this, Antonio Molina will go to the Rafael del Pino Sports Center, a squad similar to the one that won the title last season but with the incentive of the two signings to win the title for the second consecutive year.
A powerful template
This championship has always been especially good for Bádminton Rinconada, since since the establishment of this title, the Rinconera girls have always reached at least the semifinals of the competition, which shows the importance that this Iberdrola Club Cup has for the entity. feminine. Although the young Ukrainian is not expected, Claudia Leal, Leona Lee, Laura Molina and Xu Wei will be there, along with players from the Rinconera youth team, Lucía Merchán, María Merchán and Marta Molina.
Rinconada’s title defense will start this Saturday at 12:30. The corner teams have been placed in Group 1 of the competition along with Guadalajara and Estella. The first two in each group will advance to the final phase which consists of round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinal and final. Among the favorites are, apart from Badminton Rinconada, several clubs from the Honor Division such as Recreativo IES La Orden, San Fernando Valencia or Badminton Oviedo, finalist of the last edition.
Before leaving for Toledo, the Rinconero coach assessed the championship as “a championship that we are especially excited about. We are very fond of it because the Iberdrola Cup has always been synonymous with good moments for our entity and we are going to try to make it that way this year again.” “. Regarding the squad, Molina believes that “we have a better squad if possible in this edition. Last season we still did not have Wei Xu and this time we do have it ready.”
Finally, he spoke about the future of the competition and how he believes it will develop: “Our forecast is clear: to win. We hope not to struggle in the first phase and get the lead although Guadalajara and Estella are not bad rivals. From there The draw and the crosses will decide but at least we have to try to reach the semi-finals in a convincing way and from there the medals will be decided. I think we have a competitive advantage over the others, since the status of champion can weigh or help at certain moments “, and I think that being favorites suits our girls well since they are players used to playing under pressure. I have no doubt that it will be a great weekend for us.”
2023-09-14 19:00:18
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