Every road has its potholes and on the road Barcelona They were not going to be missing. The blaugranas added this Sunday against the UCAM in Murcia his second straight defeat in the Endesa League. The first, last Sunday, in front of The Laguna Tenerife in it Palau Blaugrana.
Two unexpected stumbles because the Barça had accumulated nine consecutive wins in the Spanish championship since the debut of Xavi Pascual in ACB against him Dreamland in Gran Canaria. Silly falls seemed to be forgotten. Meetings were held easily as before the Andorrahe Zaragoza and the Granada. It seems simple and logical, but it was not at the beginning of the course, when the Hiopos Lleida assaulted the Palau and the Girona put the final nail in the coffin Joan Peñarroya.
Two avoidable negative points. Victory against the Canaries escaped the culés after losing control of the match as the third quarter progressed. Against the Murcians it was worse: they let the victory slip away after being +16 before the break (20-36).
“This defeat hurts. We had the last shot to win, but we didn’t make it either and we leave angry about the defeat, although not so much about the game. This is part of basketball,” he said. Xavi PascualBarcelona coach, after a game that could not finish Darío Brizuela due to physical problems.
Between Tenerife y Murciahe Barcelona traveled to Athens in the Euroleague…and the result was not much better: defeat against a Olympiakos in flood. The duel of Greece It was a roller coaster with local dominance from the start and a huge reaction from the visitors. Finally, the drive, the quality and the Catalan ‘this is as far as I’m getting’ tipped the balance for those of the Piraeuswhich leaves the Barça balance at 8-5 since Pascual landed.
“We arrived a little tight. After having achieved a very great record of victories, we suffered three defeats in a row between the League and the Euroleaguebut this is going very fast, it is very long and we have to continue growing trying to be better,” he continued. Pascual.
It is Barcelona’s worst streak since Gavá’s return. A bad moment for a squad that has made an extra effort in recent months to maintain the competitive pace. The man with the malletas they say in cycling, had to arrive at some point.
And the problem is that there is what there is because the club has closed the market and has no intention of making a move to increase the depth and quality of a squad that has the most important part of the season ahead of it.
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