01/28/2024 Act. at 09:57 CET
He Barça suffered its eighth defeat of the season in the Euroleague after falling in Milan against the Emporio Armani by 74-70, in a duel where the Italians showed themselves superior from the first quarter, and the great first half was enough to close a game also marked by some arbitration decisions more than controversial, with the signaling of four techniques, two to the disqualified Darío Brizuela, another to the bench and one more to a Roger Grimau who ended up very angry about the refereeing: “It’s too easy to call technical fouls on us and I’m very concerned about it.”
The duel between Olimpia Milano and Barça He did not finally experience Nikola Mirotic’s return to the courts. As SPORT reported at the beginning of the week, The Spanish-Montenegrin has already rejoined the team’s training, and his closest entourage did not rule out that the player already had minutes in the two duels this week. It will be against Dinamo Sassari as confirmed in the preview of the meeting Ettore Messina: “If everything goes well in the next few hours, we should have him 15 minutes on the track,” in statements collected by ‘Pianeta Basket’.
Mirotic did not want to miss the game and was present in the pavilion
Although Nikola did not play in the match against the Barça team, Yes, he was present at the Mediolanum Forum to witness the meeting in first person. Dressed in the club’s tracksuit, Mirotic and the rest of the injured or uncalled-up players, They experienced the duel from the stands, behind their teammates’ bench. It was the first time that the player was reunited with his former club after the rescission carried out by Barça last summer, ending a four-season relationship, with two more signed.
The reunion with Grimau and his staff
Since he was not on call, Mirotic arrived at the pavilion at a different time, and at the time of their entry, the Barça expedition was already at the facilities. With the departure of Saruns Jasikevicius From the Barça bench, there are many new faces on Roger Grimau’s staff. With the assistants who are still in the club, greetings took place in a natural tone.
Exchanging hugs with his former colleagues
The reunion took place in the locker room area, as well as with some players with whom there was an exchange of hugs and feelings.. It was the first time on this trip that they saw each other’s faces, since in the morning shooting session, they did not coincide. With the staff and members of the squad Cordiality and good vibes reigned. The manager responsible for the section, Josep Cubells was also present in the Italian city, near the visiting bench, experiencing the match, but this newspaper has not been able to confirm if there was a reunion between him and Mirotic.
They could coincide this season
After the dispute of the two regular phase matches, Mirotic has not been able to face his former team on the courts. With the victory against Barça, the Italians rise to the 12th position in the table, and they do not lose sight of the ‘Play-In’ zone, from which they are just two wins away. We will see if fate is capricious and there is a possible reunion in the playoffs, or in a hypothetical Final Four.
2024-01-28 08:57:08
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