BAXI Manresa is playing in Vilnius in the qualification for the BCL play-offs

This Tuesday morning the BAXI Manresa expedition left for Lithuania, where on Wednesday at 18:30 (live on Esport3) the team will play for the right to continue in the BCL. Up front, a dangerous and in-form opponent: Rytas Vilnius, who have one less win than the Manresans and arrive after winning in Turkey.

BAXI Manresa has in their hands the possibility of moving forward in the Basketball Champions League. The red team needs to win or lose by less than 12 points to compete in the play-offs that give access to the Final Four. The 13 available players in the squad Pedro Martínez, who will have to make a discard for the match, are traveling to Lithuania.

The Lithuanians are being reliable on their court, led by Marcus Foster, who is averaging more than 20 points per game. Rytas has one less victory than BAXI Manresa and to overtake it in the standings it needs to win by more than 12 points, the difference between the teams in the duel played at Nou Congost, which fell to the Manresa side.

Marcis Steinbergs and Dani Pérez made statements during their trip to Lithuania. The Latvian winger explained that «we had a tough game with Betis but we managed to win with a good mentality; against Rytas we have to forget about the last game and focus on the next one; they are an experienced team that incorporates 2 new players; a margin of 12 points is good, but we have to concentrate on winning and be at our best from the first minute». On the other hand, Barcelona baseman Dani Pérez said that «the team was aware that the game the other day was very important and they responded; they are a complete team, with important players in each line; we've already had Marcus Foster several times, he's a top scorer; to qualify we don't need to win the game but if we set the game to lose by less than 12 we would be wrong, the mentality will be to go out and win the game».