First there was the defeat on Wednesday against Real Madrid (73-76) at La Fonteta, then Mumbrú’s team fell on Friday at the Palau Blaugrana against Barça (74-70). Two matches with domestic overtones but corresponding to the Euroleague that ended with two Taronja defeats and both, by a narrow margin. Today, the third chance arrives. This time in the League. Valencia Basket wants to say goodbye to one of the most complicated weeks of the season with a good taste in their mouths. It won’t be easy for them as they visit Baskonia at the Buesa Arena, the court where the Taronja team have the worst record and which is already considered a ‘cursed’ court where they have only won in 8 of their 42 visits.
Added to the caliber of the rival and the negative weight of history are the serious problems in the direction of the game that Álex Mumbrú will have to solve. The match against Barça, in addition to the defeat, left another serious consequence: the injury of Stefan Jovic, who sprained his right ankle and yesterday had to leave the team’s concentration to return to Valencia. The loss of the Serbian point guard joins those of Harper and Hermannsson. To replace Jovic, Mumbrú has called up Kassius Robertson, who was ruled out on Friday.
Meanwhile, Baskonia could recover today two players who did not travel to France for Friday’s match such as Vanja Marinkovic and Khalifa Diop and have the doubt of another player who missed the match on the LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne court such as Tadas Sedekerskis (flu ). With the return to the team of Nico Mannion, the only player who is definitely out of the Vitoria team is the Greek Nikos Rogkavopoulos.
The feminine received the Pajariel
Valencia Basket, injured after its defeat on the Perfumerías Avenida court last Thursday (71-56), resumes the Endesa F League today hosting Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre at La Fonteta. A match that should serve as a balm for Rubén Burgos’s team after the disappointment suffered in Salamanca.
Playing at home, with the support of the Taronja fans and against a significantly inferior rival, seems like the best equation for the Taronja to turn the page and return to the path of victory. Valencia Basket is third with 5 wins and 2 losses while Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre is second to last and has not yet won a game in the seven rounds played.
Rubén Burgos wanted to give his players a warning and made a self-criticism of the defeat suffered in Salamanca: «We are annoyed and I hope that feeling lasts. I have to take care of it. Feeling of having responsibility for each and every one of us, without exception, for the consequences of not putting on track what is required of our work and why we are here and have the position we have. Many times you face great rivals, who deserve it more than you that day. What is non-negotiable is that we have not demonstrated this time the main value we have as a team, which is none other than offering the best self so that we can grow and be as great as possible. “In this game we didn’t do it.”
The coach hopes to repay the Valencian fans with a good performance today: “We have to start against Bembibre at home in front of our fans to give back and show the club that we are grateful for everything they give us and that is shown with effort, with hunger”.
Valencia Basket, which has won on the 9 occasions in which it has faced the Galicians, will not be able to count on Raquel Carrera, who is still recovering from a muscle injury in her left thigh.
2023-11-19 03:00:36
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