Go for victory in the house of the undefeated

The equality between all the Euroleague teams has already been demonstrated in just the first three days of the competition. Everyone is capable of beating everyone and, for now, there is only one undefeated team: Red Star. The Serbs won in Paris on the opening day, at Baskonia at home and on the Fenerbahce court this Tuesday. Now, Barça has landed in Belgrade with the aim of removing the undefeated tag. “It will be a complicated match against an opponent who, in addition to being the only undefeated team, He is playing great basketball, very dynamic, very organizedwith versatility in defensive positions and with players with a very important level of fitness,” he says. Joan Peñarroya.

The Barça team trained this Tuesday at the Palau and flew to Serbia with high morale after Wednesday’s victory against Monaco. The team, with two victories at home and one on the Zalgiris court, wants achieve his first victory at home. The Belgrade Arena “is a very hot court and we have to face it thinking a lot about our things,” explains Peñarroya. And, in this sense, he adds: “the boost that your fans give you at home games is very important. We have this at the Palau and we think about doing things well, clearing our minds of what happened 48 hours ago and focusing a lot on the things that we must do well to try to get a good result.”

In statements to Barça One, Jan Vesely He also expressed that the victory against Monaco “is very important for us to defend our court, and even more so against a play-off team.” “Now we have to be prepared for the next game and we know the atmosphere that awaits us“. That is why the team will have to be “concentrated for 40 minutes.”

Opposite there will be a rival to whom he has returned Nikola Kalinic after his time at Barça. “I’m happy to see him again after so many years we’ve played together.” “They are undefeated and very confident, but we must follow the game plan until the end.”

The Czech center, who is starting his third season at Can Barça, expresses that he feels “good.” “My preseason was a little slow due to medical issues (appendicitis) but I think I’ve found my rhythm“. And he concludes: “I try to help my new teammates and I try to understand the new coach’s way of doing things.” “I try to help him and the team to teach others faster and not waste time.”

Dame Sarr receives medical discharge

The player Dame Sarr is the main novelty in the team’s call for this trip. The player, coming from youth basketball, is in the first team dynamic but suffered an injury to the adductor in his left leg just before the start of the regular phase of the Euroleague and, once recovered, he travels with the other twelve available teammates. Joel Parra is the only casualty.

This Friday’s game will be the second of a very intense week, which will end Sunday at the Palau Blaugrana (6:30 p.m.) with the match on the fourth day of the Endesa League.