On November 9, Barça made the dismissal of Joan Peñarroya official leading the basketball team. A dismissal conditioned by the poor dynamics of the team translated into a high number of defeats, poor play, and a critical situation in the Endesa League, with four setbacks after the first six days.
The departure of Peñarroya served to try to put an end to an erratic journey that Barça basketball was going through, but by no means was the Egarense coach the only problem within the section. With the return of Xavi Pascual to Barça, the situation is on the right track, with four consecutive wins after the initial setback in Istanbul against Anadolu Efes.
Pascual will take command of Barça after Joan Peñarroya has been able to right the Blaugrana ship / SPORT
Peñarroya, with experience in the Euroleague after his spells in Valencia Basket, Baskonia and Barça itself, It has a poster in the maximum continental competition. In fact, before the call of the Catalan team in 2024, I already valued going abroad, after an entire career as a coach in Andorra and in national basketball.
From Serbia they take his signing for Partizan for granted
A continental adventure that it seems that he will now take, with the term adventure in the most literary sense of the word. According to 'Meridian Sports', The Catalan coach will arrive at Partizan Belgrade to replace a legend and an icon, not only of the club, but of Serbian basketball as it is Zeljko Obradovic.
Obradovic was very upset with his players in a new defeat for the Serbian team / EUROLEAGUE
The nine-time Euroleague champion resigned weeks ago after a few years in which Partizan has been far from the objectives that were assumed for it in the European championship. The team never lifted its head from that playoff against Real Madrid (that of Guerschon Yabusele's judo key over Dante Exum) in which they dominated 0-2 and ended up eliminated, and in the last two campaigns, they have not achieved a ticket for the qualifying rounds prior to the Final Four.
The Serbian media talks about a contract for the rest of the season and one more, and the truth is that Peñarroya is going to have to carry out a double task: that of a coach and that of a 'firefighter'. What was experienced in Partizan's last Euroleague game at the Belgrade Arena was, simply, surreal, with one of the most loyal fans of the old continent booing some players whose performance disgusted Obradovic, who submitted his resignation.
Reunion with Jabari in a tense and heated atmosphere
Effective as Duane Washington or his own Jabari Parker, with whom Peñarroya aims to meet again, they could not believe what they were having to live through, but he was their captain, Vanja Marinkovic, who made them have to stay and endure the downpour. Peñarroya will also reunite with the Serbian forward after meeting in Baskonia.
Jabari Parker is experiencing a difficult moment in the Partizan shirt / EUROLEAGUE
Therefore, and only in the absence of official confirmation, everything indicates that Peñarroya will take charge of a Partizan with a lot of room for improvement in the Euroleague (16th 5-9), and that is doing somewhat better in the Adriatic League (2nd 6-1). Furthermore, it will be time to keep an eye on the next January 9 (8:30 p.m. CET), in which Peñarroya will visit the Palau with his new team.
