Visit of BAXI Manresa to the difficult court of Real Madrid
Bages' team will play on Sunday at 12:30 against a Real Madrid that wants to continue adding wins after an irregular start in the Endesa League. Diego Ocampo's men will have to leave out a player for the match.
This week it's time to visit the dreaded Real Madrid court. BAXI Manresa will play a difficult match on Sunday at midday, against a Real Madrid with two ex-players of the club, Llull and Ibaka. Diego Ocampo will have to decide which player to do without apart from Bodian Massa.
The Endesa League continues for BAXI Manresa on the court of one of the most difficult teams in the league. The team has prepared for the match throughout the week at the Nou Congost, before travelling to Madrid this Saturday. After the narrow defeat in Lleida, Diego Ocampo's team will seek to remain competitive on a very difficult terrain. Bodian Massa is facing the final stretch of his injury but is still out. One player will have to be ruled out, as Álex Reyes has already recovered.
For its part, Real Madrid also easily beat the last two games it has played at the WiZink Center: Girona in the Endesa League and Red Star in the Euroleague. The Whites started the season with some doubts and with the injury of new signing Andrés Feliz, but they have recovered in recent games. Madrid's squad is one of the most complete and talented in the League, with players like Tavares, Campazzo, Hezonja, Musa and the ex-Manresans Llull and Ibaka.
Diego Ocampo said in the press conference on Friday that «Real Madrid has signed new players during the summer and it takes a while to be able to play well; you have to admit that they played very well yesterday; we must improve our frustration problems because we are playing against a very talented team; we have to be very solid and go and manage what happens during the game, it is important to compete with them, to compete with all the players».