Defeat by the minimum in the first preseason game

The team played a great game in the Torneig de Sant Julià de Vilatorta, which ended up taking the  bax  Manresa, more successful in the last minutes (73-72)

| Friday, 26 August 2022

The first match of the pre-season was used to pick up the pace and get the first idea of ​​what Aíto’s squad will be like  García  Renaissance  to dispute the ACB  for the first time in the history of the club.

In front, one  bax  Manresa with many new faces, but still under the orders of Pedro Martínez, who had a historic season for Bages last campaign.

Despite being the first test, the intensity did not last long  a  get noticed  Kameron  Taylor has proven to be a good defender, with several recoveries at the start of the game, also adding good minutes in attack. Eric Vila, the team’s top scorer with 12 points, has shown that he is back in good form. The first period ended with a 20-16 favorable to the  bax  Laziness

Marc Gasol has started the pre-season very successfully from the middle and long distance. He has followed in his wake  Ondrej  Hanzlik, who also debuted today in the Girona shirt, and did so with a triple in the first two minutes he was on the court. At halftime, the score was 40-36.

During the second half the legs have started to loosen and the intensity of the beginning has decreased. It’s time to get more into the game for  Quino  Columbus, another of today’s debutantes. In fact, the Andorran base did the first training session with the group just yesterday morning. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 55-54.

The Serbian pivot  Dušan  Miletić, who arrived in Girona this week, was also able to play a few quality minutes, putting muscle in the low post. Pol  Figueras, with 25 minutes played, has been the debutant who has been on the floor of Sant Julià the longest. In the final minutes of the last quarter,  the Girona  they were more comfortable and enjoyed the maximum advantage (+7 points).  Even so, Pedro Martínez’s men managed to come back and the success gave them the final victory by the minimum (73-72)

In total, 5 signings made their debuts in today’s match: Taylor, Colom,  Fig trees,  Miletić  i  Hanzlik. The youngsters from the youth team, Ferran Díaz and Kevin Torres, have also participated for a few minutes. In the case of Torres, it was his first appearance with the first team of Basketball Girona.

POST-Match STATEMENTS:

Here  García: ‘I’m very happy. We have trained little, and there are still players who do not know their teammates. We still need a lot of things, but we made a good effort and we are better than I expected.’