The Catalan League, the first challenge

FC Barcelona will be the rival of Girona in the semifinals of the Catalan League 2022 that will be played tomorrow in Tarragona

| Monday, 19 September 2022

The first official challenge will be, as every season, that of the Catalan League. This year, however, Básquet Girona will debut in the ACB category. The rival in the semi-finals will be FC Barcelona, ​​at 21:00 on the Esport3 channel from the Palau d’Esports in Tarragona. In case of victory, the team would face the winner of the other tie between Joventut de Badalona and Baxi Manresa on Wednesday. 

The Girona side have completed a demanding pre-season, with 5 games (against La Penya on two occasions, Baxi Manresa, Hestia Menorca and Gran Canaria). Tomorrow it will be the turn of Barça, current runner-up of the ACB.

The team led by Aíto García Reneses has already received the additions of the internationals who were competing in the Eurobasket: Roko Prkačin and Maxi Fjellerup. Lubos Barton has also joined the team this week as second coach.

CALL:

Maxi Fjellerup, Eric Vila, Kameron Taylor, Pol Figueras, Roko Prkacin, Quino Colom, Dusan Miletic, Aleksandar Bursac, Josep Franch, Ondrej Hanzlik, Pato Garino and Marc Gasol.

STATEMENTS:

Aíto García Reneses: ‘We arrived with a lack of preparation, especially the two new additions. The rest of us are improving, knowing that we are at the beginning of the season, and training with great enthusiasm’.