BAXI Manresa welcomes a newcomer eager to make its debut
Zunder Palencia visits the Nou Congost this Sunday at 12:30 with the desire to get the first win of the season. Guillem Jou and Dani Garcia are out for the game the week that Pierre Oriola has signed for BAXI Manresa.
BAXI Manresa have a new home game that they must take advantage of to continue competing, improving and fighting for a new victory, which would be their third in three games. Pedro Martínez's team will not have it easy against an opponent that has had teams like Barça and Joventut on the ropes for many minutes.
First casualties due to injuries in Pedro Martínez's team. The injury suffered by Guillem Jou will keep him out of the competition for a while, at least for 8 weeks according to Pedro Martínez in the preview. Dani Garcia, with a sprained right ankle, has also been unable to train and will not be available for the game. Pierre Oriola has already trained with the team and is awaiting the bureaucratic procedures to be able to be registered with the team.
This week's visitor to the Nou Congost is Zunder Palencia, a team that is playing its first games in the competition. A debutant with whom Baloncesto Manresa already met in the semifinals of the LEB Gold in 2017, and with a city that overflows illusion for its team. The coach is Marco Justo, former Tenerife assistant, and in the squad there are signings like Benite and Pasecniks who know the league well, and other bets like the Dutchmen van der Vuurst, Haarms or Franke. Chumi Ortega from Murcia is the captain and emblem of the team.
Pedro Martínez said in the preview that "this is the typical game that everybody thinks we have to win because the rival has not won yet; they have competed well in all the games, except in the first game and they are a good team, that plays a different basketball than ours; they are a new team in the category but they have players that have already played in the league like Benite, Franke and Pasecniks"..