A week agoSpar Girona it was sunken. He had been left out of the Euroleague and had lost in the league to Gran Canaria. The exclusion of the Russian teams from the top European competition has given a new opportunity to Uni, which on Wednesday will face Perfumerías Avenida in the first of the best of three matches in the quarterfinals of the continental tournament. Before that, however, the team coached by Alfred Julbe must focus on tomorrow’s match against Tenerife (6:05 p.m.)and will do so having regained sensations after winning Wednesday against Araski (93-68).
In fact, capturing “good feelings” is the team’s challenge, in the words of María Araújo, before facing “a big week” in the Euroleague. Therefore, Girona must continue with the level against Araski in a special match, which will commemorate Women’s Day and each player will bear the name of a female character who has been important in the fight for equality of gender in the counties of Girona. Araújo explains that this “is nice” because “explaining to people that this is not what the person we are carrying on our backs has done, I think, is an honor.”
Uni cannot escape the victory to pay tribute to these women. Also because the second position is at stake with Valencia Basket, which is currently in favor of the Valencians. That is why the team has to beat a Tenerife that is the heart of the competition and has only achieved four victories in what has been played in the championship. However, María Araújo warns that “every rival must be respected” and that the Canarian team is “very complete”. Of course, all eyes will be on Gabi Ocete, who is the lead singer of the team coached by Juan Carlos Alfonso. Araújo states that if he “stops” at the Mallorcan base, Tenerife “always suffers a little more”. Although “some days another player appears” who does well, the key is to “stop the mind of the team”, that of Ocete. If the Uni does this, it will have a lot to gain and then it will be able to think about Europe.
