After getting the first point of the quarterfinal tie Endesa League Playoff ante Unicaja, Barça He has half of the work done, but now he has the hardest and most complicated part: Close the series against the Malaga and certify the pass to the semifinals.
It will be this Friday, from 7pm, when the Barca team has the First match-box to eliminate Unicaja and advance round. A party that will not be definitive but that is more affordable of what would be a possible return to carpena, next Sunday, to dispute the third and final.
A scenario that so much Joel Parra like the rest of the template they intend to avoid. The Barca forward appeared before the media a few hours after facing the second assault of the series against those of Ibon Navarro, And it made it clear that the best thing would be to settle the series in the Catalan capital.
Joan Peñarroya, along with Joel Parra / ACB Photo – Aitor Bouzo
Close the series at Palau
“We are happy to have added the first point. People did not expect it, it was a very hard game, but we have always trusted, we are very close. We know that the Palau will be a complicated duel, Unicaja is a great team and will want to match the tie. We have to be prepared physically and mentally. We do not want to return to Malaga, there we would have a lot of pressure and it would be best to finish it here. “
The Palau factor
“The Palau has always been from 10, in the most important moments it has always responded. The time may not help much, but It will be full, they will help us and will surely cheer and will be the sixth man. It is one of the hottest clues in Europe. “
Unicaja's aggressiveness
“We started very well, marking the rhythm. We knew it was a long game, we knew we could come back and it was. There were moments that we don't play at all, we have ups and downs, but we are always there competing. Losing tomorrow should not be drama. I wait for a more aggressive Unicaja. They have won all the competitions they have played. It will be a match similar to carpena. “
Tomas Satoransky and Joel Parra in the third game of the Playoff Euroleague against Monaco / Javi Ferrándiz
Without excuses
“It is not an excuse to be tired, all of us who are part of the team are to play this type of games. In these decisive moments, that you play to win a title, the issue of fatigue is an excuse. “
The group union
“I don't know how far we will arrive, but we will die very high, we are demonstrating it all season. When people believe we are dead, it is when we play better, when we are more united. From outside it may seem one thing but in the costumes it is another. We only trust the costumes but we look at our face and believe it. It would be a mistake to think that Unicaja will come to Palau to give us the series. “
