BAXI Manresa receives a visit from Barça: a difficult duel against a great team

BAXI Manresa is in a good dynamic of results, with three consecutive victories. Now, Pedro Martínez's team will look for the fourth against one of the best teams in Europe, Barça. The match on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (M+, M+ Deportes and Ràdio Manresa) will be the first of two consecutive Catalan derbies between the two teams, which will meet again in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey in Malaga, on Friday, February 16.

Matchday 22 has a great rival in the Nou Congost. BAXI Manresa, in a good emotional moment, receives Barça without having Dani Garcia or Pierre Oriola available. The one from Mataró has not yet been able to train with the team, while the other from Tàrrega has started training but is currently not available for Sunday's game. Pedro Martínez's men want to try to compete with a great team that will also be the quarterfinal rival in the Copa del Rey in Málaga.

Barça arrives at Nou Congost with the intention of recovering from the defeat against Valencia Basket at home, which ended a streak of four consecutive victories in the Liga Endesa. The Blaugrana are having a good season: they are third in the Liga Endesa and second in the Euroleague. The team led by former Manresans Roger Grimau and Carles Marco has a very talented squad, with men like Jan Vesely, Nico Laprovittola, Jabari Parker, Tomas Satoransky and Willy Hernangómez. In the first round match, BAXI Manresa obtained a prestigious victory at the Palau Blaugrana (82-83).

In the press conference before the match, Pedro Martínez said that «Barça is a very top team, with incredible players; It is a difficult game and sometimes against these teams, if they are very good it becomes complicated; It is always good news to play at home, but the important thing is to be competitive».