How is the team? “Emotionally the team is doing well. We always want to focus on the next opponent. It is going to be a very tough test for us. Manresa is a totally different team from the ones we have played so far. They are very tough, they have come to beat Hapoel Jerusalem on their court with a lot of skill and we are going to suffer a lot. But it is a very good test for us to play against such a tough opponent “
Mental aspect. “Mentally we have to be prepared to play a very tough game, on a court where the public squeezes a lot, against a team that is very physical and plays with great speed, which runs after losses, after rebounding and even after basket. We have to have a good balance defensively because they score a lot of points in that game. We have to do a good job, continue with the defense longer. Control the rebound, control its transition and then in attack, because they are going to push us a lot, have balance and look for the best situations and take care of the ball. They cause you to make bad decisions. We have to be well psyched ”.
Analysis of the rival. “The BAXI Manresa strengthened well. Then for me there is a key player for them who is Dani Pérez. How are we going to defend Dani in general in his game because he is the brain and makes everyone better, he looks for the best solution with the continuation of the greats or with the shooters on the outside. You have to do a great job against him, not just the player who is going to defend him. It is a collective defense. If we have a good mentality and we are all prepared, we have talented players. One day it could be Jaime, another day it could be Norris, another Francis or Darío … We have players with a lot of capacity. It depends on the party or where we can take advantage ”.
Brizuela yes; Bouteille, no
Axel Bouteille will stay in Malaga because he has a hip injury. The coach himself announced it “With problems because Axel Bouteille will not play tomorrow because in training before playing against Nizhny Novgorod he slipped and had hip discomfort. He played both games, but has worsened and has not been able to train this week. It will be low for this Saturday ”.
The good news is that Brizuela is back after overcoming his ankle problems. “Jonathan Barreiro with the problem of the twin is better and Darío will be with the team. We train well and the team will be well prepared. It was a very hard week of travel and airplanes and sometimes it affects. Not the games, especially the trip. It affected us a little bit, but it’s part of the job. We get it back and that’s it. “
Vicedo, to the Fuelnabrada
On the other hand, Edgar Vicedo, after finishing his month of contract with Unicaja, has signed at Fuenlabrada for five weeks.