Spar Girona had just deviated from the path set out in this group stage of the Euroleague but it will finally be up to them to finish it later than originally planned. The pandemic is the main culprit and the schedule will have to be extended, which was within the possibilities, seeing what the picture is. This time the virus has decided that it is up to Fontajau’s team to receive it and in just one week it should be decisive, with two commitments: Basket Landes and Dinamo Kursk. With some players affected and also part of the coaching staff, the club moved tab and requested the suspension of both matches. The first one has already been postponed and therefore will not be played today. And the second one hangs by a thread.
This past weekend, Julia Reisingerova and Laia Palau did not dress in shorts to face the duel with Bembibre (48-67). Both were not well and looking at the picture no one wanted to risk. After the relevant tests, they and the rest of the staff, including coaches, confirmed the positive of the players. But there was also the coach, Alfred Julbe, and someone else from his team. To round it off, other members of the locker room are showing symptoms. The outbreak is a fact and the club was moving. He contacted FIBA and asked for the postponement of the matches against Basket Landes and Kursk. Always talking to the other teams involved as well. For now, one of two. The duel with the French will change the date, this is a reality. To find out what will happen to the weekend game, we’ll have to wait. “We are talking to FIBA and it is not suspended at the moment. We are waiting for the PCR tests to be done and depending on the results and the number of people affected at that time, we will decide. Until nothing is known, things will continue as they have been until now. These are statements by the president of Spar Girona, Cayetano Pérez. The Euroleague requires PCR tests 72 hours before each match. Given that the Spar Girona-Kursk was set for this Saturday in Fontajau (it had already been delayed, on the previous occasion by an outbreak in the Russian squad), the results of the tests should be known today . It will be from this information that action will be taken. Most likely there will be a second postponement because there seems to be little time for the affected players to recover.
This new scenario will cause Uni, with 6 wins and 5 losses with only three games to go (Landes, Kursk and Gdynia), to play with some advantage. Once he recovers the pending matches, he will complete the group stage knowing what his direct rivals have done and, in the same way, aware of what he needs to be in the quarterfinals of the competition for the second consecutive season.
