FC BARCELONA vs BAXI MANRESA
Barça faces the first great challenge of the season in the Copa del Rey in Malagaalthough it will also be quite a validation for the team’s new coach, Roger Grimau.
Grimau was the icing on the cake of the new project, despite the fact that it raised some doubts in the Blaugrana environment. With an unquestionable Blaugrana DNI, no one was able to interpret how a coach with no experience in the elite was going to function against a group of players with a lot of experience in the Euroleague.
Even in difficult moments, in a disastrous month of December where the team lost seven of the 10 games played, the morale of the coach was not broken, who always felt capable of taking the team forwardnor from the sports management, which reiterated its support, seeking solutions to the crisis.
The team reacted in January, leaving behind the most critical moment of their management, and with the support of the players, they have recovered their winning tone which has led them to occupy an outstanding position in the Euroleague and the Endesa League, only behind Real Madrid and a great Unicaja.
Now, the coach hopes that his experience in this competition will be of help to his players.and also how to manage the squad that fortunately for him, will have everything at his disposal after Caicedo and Alex Abrines join.
The Cup will be a validation for Grimau and his entire staff and in the quarterfinals he will face one of the most experienced ACB technicians. and that marked his decision to make the leap to coach, Pedro Martínez.
With a budget much lower than that of Baskonia and even Joventut (both absent in the Cup), The Bages team is playing happy basketball with several ‘heavyweights’. Despite the fact that sometimes he ‘disappears’, Robinson continues to be decisive alongside the young Senegalese ‘Papi’ Badio, a point guard whom he made his debut in the elite Jasikevicius at Barça.
They are the only two proper names that stand out together with the direction and assistance of Dani Pérez. Therein lies one of the keys to the success of BAXI Manresa, in the strength and solvency of a block in which everyone contributes based on their role. Martinas Geben and Sagnia rebound, Vaulet is the clutch and the ‘do-it-all guy’, while Brandon Taylor and Steinbergs are also important in attack.
2024-02-15 07:42:50
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