Barça has a valuable advantage in its quarter -quarter series at the end of the Endesa League playoff. The victory last Tuesday in Malaga for 97-101 leaves Joan Peñarroya with a double match-box to remove Unicaja and achieve the semifinal ticket.
In the previous Second duel of the tie that will be played this Friday, June 6 (19h CET) at the Palau BlaugranaThe coach notified of the dangers that players will find on the track, and unfortunately, discarded the presence of Jan Vesely with the team for the series and questioned that he can participate in whatever season.
“Jan is not. He is working, he is training alone, advancing. Hopefully he ends up playing with the team, it will be a consequence of the team is playing 'Semis', but for this playoff he is not.” A few words from the technician who have been common from the Euroleague quarter series against Monaco, but still without contributing light to the Czech.
Emotions at Palau
Centered in the party, such a short tie having achieved the field factor can be somewhat vital; As it is also to control emotions when you are playing the classification, something that the Barca technician has in mind: “Emotions control is an important part of managing well. The team is increasingly focused on controlling them, but in the end it is about playing better than the rival. “
Something that will not be easy, since Unicaja has been the best team of the season, being the only Spanish team that has won titles. But knowing the strengths that Malaga have, the team that has had to row this course is Barça, especially with injuries: “Given all adversities, these guys have been there, we have not won what we would like to have won, but we have always been there. It will be a maximum difficulty. “
A difficulty that will continue after the victory in the extension in the first meeting. A triumph of Barça that arrived with a small quintet, with Willy Hernangómez and Youssoupha Fall on the bench: “Before we had already played with two '4', it goes a bit with the reading of the game. They play finals with pivots that open the field. We are prepared to give what the party requires us. “
The step ahead of all
That 97-101 victory had several proper names, but the focus was mostly in the three Americans: Anderson, Parker and Punter. And highlighting the annotation of the last two especially, Joan Peñarroya wanted to highlight that none of his players disconnected and gave the game for lost: “The beginning of the third quarter was not good, but we never let ourselves. We need players to be fineSometimes the success is not so much, but to be involved. “
And all this seasoned with the appearance of the young people of the base. With all the casualties, this season they have debuted five players with the first Barça team, being Raul Villar the most fixed and with role in this final stretch of the season: “The coach looks like putting the right players to win the games. Young people, an ACB play-off comes something soonbut for example Raul Villar has shown us that he has the quality to help us 10-15 minutes. “
