the Barça basketball host AS Monaco on Wednesday night at a packed Palau Blaugrana. On the occasion of this third day of the Euroleague, the Catalans will have to face a team built to continue the competition.
The Blaugrana know the difficulty of hosting the Monegasques after their two defeats last season against the same opponents in the European Cup. Monaco and Milan are the only teams to beat Palau in the regular season of the Euroleague.
Joan Peñarroya’s men arrive in good form after securing a third consecutive league win, at Tenerife, last weekend.
Peñarroya: “On the right path to daily progress”
“My team is working hard and the players are involved. We are on the right path to improve day by day. We only started a month ago and this is only the beginning. We are always improving.”
Monaco arrived undefeated in the Euroleague, after defeating Milan (93-80) and Maccabi (85-79), mainly thanks to a great Mike James. According to the Blaugrana coach, the Rock players are cut out to win the Euroleague. The Monegasque club kept its backbone and strengthened itself with three top players in the off-season.
Barça Basket had a loss to Zalgiris (74-67) and a win against Berlin (88-73) in the competition. A prestigious victory against AS Monaco will launch their European season. Barça force!