BAXI Manresa returns to the competition with a crucial duel against Fuenlabrada
The two teams are tied at the bottom of the Endesa League table with 3 wins. The Manresa team have all the players, while the Madrid players incorporate signings.
This Saturday at 18:00 the Nou Congost will experience one of those matches in which a lot is at stake: a BAXI Manresa - Fuenlabrada with both teams trying to get out of the bottom positions. The visitors have incorporated a pivot in the last few hours, and the reds return to the Nou Congost after 16 days.
The competition is reactivated with a match at Nou Congost. BAXI Manresa face match day 21 of the Endesa League with the whole team at their disposal after the break for the King's Cup and the FIBA windows. Pedro Martínez will have to discard one of his 13 players for the match. The team has been able to train for the last few days already with all its members.
For its part, the Carplus Fuenlabrada comes with new faces to the expedition. The team made official this Friday the addition of center Keanu Pinder, who joins power-forward Ken Horton, who has been working with the team since last week. Oscar Quintana's team have undergone many changes during the season. They have players like Marc Garcia, Eyenga, or Novak, with experience and quality.
Pedro Martínez, who appeared this Friday in the press conference previous to the match, declared that «is the most important match of the year because it is the next one; it will be an even match, even though they have the advantage that they beat us at home; you have to know how to live with nervousness, we have to try to compete and do everything that depends on us to win; all players are at our disposal; this week they are incorporating two starting players, we have to prepare for an even match».