La Penya draws a ticket to play in the Copa del Rey (87-90)
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BadalonaA month before its celebration, the Joventut de Badalona managed to get the ticket to play in the Copa del Rey de Granada. The Peña added a victory to the Río Breogan track in a match of day 11 that was postponed twice due to the coronavirus (87-90). If the green-and-black team beats Urbas Fuenlabrada on Sunday, it will be the series leader in the KO tournament.
La Penya recovered an eleven-point disadvantage (21-10), but played a very solid second half on the court of a Galician team that was coached by Javi Muñoz, as Paco Olmos signed a few days ago for the Inheritance of San Pablo Burgos. Two triples by Ferran Bassas served to ensure the tenth victory of the Youth. The baseman, who finished with 19 points, was the top scorer for the green-and-black team. “We are very happy. We have a long squad and all the players have our prominence. We are ambitious and we don’t want to set limits but try to get as high as possible,” said Bassas.
Carles Duran, the coach who took charge of the bench when the team was at risk of relegation to the LEB Or and financial problems endangered the continuity of the club, leads a project that makes a dent. “The Copa del Rey is a basketball party and the Penya can never miss it. We started very badly, but we managed to overcome. The last quarter we did was a great team and we hit the table, “the technician explained. The only team that had won this season at the Pazo Provincial dos Deportes in Lugo was Real Madrid. “Every game is different, but the team stays very united. We have to enjoy and celebrate the classification, but we want to keep adding victories. Our ambition is maximum. There will be extraordinary teams that will not play in the Cup, so the merit of “This dressing room is very big,” he added.
“This season we have a very good dynamic from the beginning and we are competing everywhere. We are in the Cup on our own merits. We are not content with that. The step we want to overcome is that going to the Cup is not a celebration. There is a lot of work to be done, but the team is working to achieve more goals. We are the Penya and we are a team, “said Pau Ribas, a youth escort.
The defensive work of Joel Parra and Albert Ventura on Dzanan Musa was key in Lugo, where Simon Birgander also had an outstanding performance. “We have achieved the first goal, but now we want to be leaders in the Granada tournament. The key is that everyone is contributing their grain of sand and the collective work is very good,” said Parra.
