This Monday it has been announced by the Catalan Federation the list of players that will be part of the friendly against the Argentine team. In a list of 12 names, the big surprise has been the call for Ricky Rubio. The base is still pending permission from the NBA to be able to play this match.
Rubio’s participation (at the expense of confirmation by the NBA) is the great attraction of a list completed by renowned players such as the recent signing of Barcelona, Joel Parra. The forward will have the company of his former teammate at Joventut, the point guard pau ribas. The only player, along with Ricky, who will not play this season in the ACB League is the power forward of the AEK Athens Greek Pierre Oriola. The rest of the players on the list are: Xavi Rabaseda (Bilbao Basket), Lluis Costa (Coviran Granada), Eric Vila (Bàsquet Girona), Dani Pérez (Baxi Manresa), Miquel Salvó (DreamlandGran Canaria), Eduard Gatell (Alicante), Guillem Jou (Baxi Manresa) and José Nogués (Ourense) complete the list of Catalonia.
For its part, the albiceleste team faces this friendly as the first test before beginning the FIBA Americas Olympic Pre-Qualifierwhich is celebrated between 1August 4 and 20 in Santiago del Estero (Argentina) and where the combination led by Paul Prigioni classification is played for paris 2024. In Prigioni’s words, this test is “very useful” to “see how the preparation is going” and to advance in “the final objective of arriving in Santiago in the best conditions”. A preparation that began last Saturday in the Alicante city of La Nucía. In the Argentines the great figures will be, without a doubt, their two bases Facundo Campazzo and Luca Vildoza.
The celebration of this meeting serves to commemorate the centenary of the Catalan Basketball Federation (FCBQ) and will be held next July 25 at the Nou Congost in Manresa at 8:30 p.m.. The official presentation of the event included the participation of the president of the FCBQ, Ferran Aril; the mayor of Manresa, Marc Aloy; the Catalan coach, Salva Maldonado; and the team captain, Pierre Oriola.
