Friday’s victory at the Palau Blaugrana, against ASVEL Villeurbanne, put them in first position in the Euroleague standings. Proof of the good moment experienced by Joan Peñarroya’s Barça, who this Sunday (6:30 pm) has the chance to lead the Endesa League as well. The challenge is great. Unicaja should be beaten at home. “We are playing against one of the best teams in the league and it will be very difficult to win on their court. We know we will suffer and we have to do better than Friday’s game,” he said. Dario Brizuela.
The most complicated trip of the season
This is the first of three consecutive fights, with the most complicated trip of the season: more than 6,000 kilometers in four flights between Barcelona, Malaga, Istanbul and Athens. And the first trip to Malaga began with a mishap. The regular flight that will take the team to the Costa del Sol this Saturday has been cancelled. And the squad did not land in Malaga until 11:00 this Sunday.with a seven-hour margin to rest and face the fifth day against the only unbeaten team in the competition.
The team traveled with the absence of Joel Parra, in the final stages of his recovery, and Nico Laprovittola, who will undergo surgery next week due to an injury to his right knee.
And from Malaga to Istanbul and Athens
After the match to be played in Martín Carpena, the team will sleep in the Andalusian city to travel from Malaga to Istanbul on Monday, where it is waiting for Anadolu EFES to face the sixth European Jordan. And on Thursday he will leave Türkiye for Athens to play the second game of the Euroleague doubleheader. The big goal is to achieve a total of victories in these three difficult games and thus prolong the good feelings given to Barça by Joan Peñarroya.