Barça was clueless, adrift, with Carlos Ortega giving orders with a worried possessed man without his men understanding him on the court after losing a rogue time to take a goal from Celje’s counterattack. The Slovenians had turned the score around (26-27), but Toskic wanted to change something: he stopped the game, and his team sank, while Barça, with a now very simple game in attack (balls to Mem and that he fix it for us, his teammates must think) and very active defensive assets to block the visitors, leave them clueless, off site for an excessive end: 38-30 (19-15) that the 18th minute did not imagine.
Celje plays well, with a lot of youth (under 23 years old) and four veterans. They give the sensation of that Slovenian champion, of Rutenka, Zorman, Pajovic… with self-confidence. He didn’t care that Barça escaped from time to timebecause it was still there. Until his dynamic was broken, without it being very clear what his coach was after with those useless changes that he wanted to introduce.
It is possible that Barça would have won in any way, but what is certain is that at that time they looked outmatched. The result is what counts, and with the 10 goals of Memplus the seven of Wanne, infallible, the Barcelona fans are leaders of the group, the only ones undefeated after only three days.
