Double requirement

The senior will face the most complicated opponent yet with the physical load of the interweek day

| Saturday, 05 October 2019

LEB Plata does not stop. After the day on Wednesday, the bronze competition will celebrate the fourth date of the calendar. The Girona side, who are still unbeaten, will play Barça B on Sunday (18:00), one of the other two unbeaten teams along with Real Murcia Baloncesto. The match against the Barcelona team will come after the physical load accumulated during the last week.

Recently relegated from LEB Or, the Barça subsidiary maintains the continuity of Diego Ocampo as first coach. The squad prepared by the sports management has followed the same philosophy as always with the lowest average age and with the most projection in the category. In this group, the determination of Sergi Martínez stands out, the most rated player in the category (25’33 average rating). Jaime Fernández and Juani Marcos are the other two reference pieces of Ocampo’s confidence when Leandro Bolmaro is not in the first team dynamic. Until the third day, the Barcelona team shared the balance with the seniors (3-0), maintaining an aggressive line of play in defense and attack.

The senior will not be alone in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. The club has organized a bus plus the entrance to the game to encourage the men coached by Àlex Formento to achieve their fourth consecutive victory.

* Statements by Àlex Formento:

“We already knew it was a special week, with an extra physical load, and that it would be the last appointment  very demanding However, all teams arrive with these conditions. In this way, I foresee a complicated match like all of them, in the line of this category, because we face a rival who comes from a very positive dynamic and with confidence in his game”

“Of the rival, his squad of young talents with great projection would stand out. They are an aggressive team in all aspects of the game and have a way of doing things that we have not faced before. A difficult challenge that we face with the utmost ambition”

“We arrive with the physical burden of travel plus the interweekly day, and the wear and tear of two great efforts, but we face the game with the utmost ambition and desire to continue growing as a team”

Schedule of the 4th day of LEB Plata Est

Photo: Sergi Geronès