BAXI Manresa wants to surprise a powerful and needy Baskonia
Those from Bages travel to the Buesa Arena, where the Euroleague is played this Friday, to break the logic and put the Basques in trouble. The Manresa infirmary is still busy with Guillem Jou, Juampi Vaulet and Dani Pérez. The young people will strengthen the team.
Having overcome matchday 10 with a solid victory at the Nou Congost against Obradoiro, BAXI Manresa will now try to overcome a theoretically superior rival: Baskonia. Pedro Martínez's men travel to the Basque capital to play the matchday 11 match on Sunday at 5:00 p.m..
With the peace of mind of having won and having more victories than defeats, but also with the desire to surprise one of the great leagues on their court. This is the mentality that BAXI Manresa has to face the match in Vitoria, where they have the added difficulty of not being able to count on important players. With these losses, it will be the young players who will reinforce the team for this weekend's game.
For its part, the team coached for a few weeks by Dusko Ivanovic has obtained great results in the Euroleague but has difficulty winning games in the Liga Endesa, where it is tenth with a balance of 5-5. The Blaugrana will have to make a 'sprint' if they want to be in the Malaga Cup. On the court the highlights are Chima Moneke, known by the Manresa fans, Tadas Sedekerskis, the talented scorer Marcus Howard or the point guard Codigo Miller-McIntyre. A very high-level squad prepared to compete for everything.
The 'coach' Pedro Martínez said in the preview this Friday that «Baskonia is a solid team at home, they play very physical; It would be very good news to be able to compete and if there is an opportunity it is necessary to be prepared; we must do what depends on us as best as possible; With Ivanovic they are more aggressive and proactive in defense and they have recovered players that allow them to be more so».