This afternoon, Bàsquet Girona will play its fourth game in less than two weeks. Jordi Sargatal‘s team recovers the match of day 15 against Melilla (6pm), postponed to its day by Covid-19. He does it with the “morale and confidence” of having won the last three games and also to have done so without his star player, Marc Gasol, nor without Maxi Fjellerup, who was not registered when he had to play the match. However, the team arrives with good dynamics and this afternoon will leave “with the idea of having the same energy and mentality as in previous games”, explains the coach of the Girona team, who added yesterday that it will be more difficult because the accumulated fatigue adds up, but we want to continue with the line of work of the last matches ».
The three consecutive wins have bolstered a team that needed to win to continue believing in day-to-day work. “The team has always worked hard and the work is paying off,” said Sargatal. In fact, the victory against El Prat – the first of three in a row – “was a blow to morale and strengthened our work”, said the Girona coach. Despite the good weather, however, it is not worth it because the descent area is not too far away. In addition, today Fontajau visits a direct rival like Melilla, which has the same victories as Girona in the classification, but also one game less.
“Melilla has a very balanced squad,” said Sargatal in the pre-match and, above all, is a “very dangerous team in situations without a ball and in direct play.” Gaizka Maiza and Nikola Rakocevic are the mainstays of the team led by Arturo Álvarez in the outside game, while inside the painting Alejandro Maizara and Amaury Gorgemans can punish bravely if they put themselves in it. This, without forgetting Àlex Llorca, who last year wore the Girona Basketball shirt and will continue to “return to Fontajau with great desire”. In addition, Melilla has just won on the court of Huesca, and this makes it even more dangerous, so Sargatal warns that “we will have to be very good in defense to be able to compete against their players and the offensive talent they have.
