BAXI Manresa visits Telekom Bonn: one of the favorites to win the BCL
With no time to rest, the team traveled this Monday to Germany to play tomorrow (8:00 p.m. on Esport3 and Teledeporte) the fifth day of the Top 16. Pedro Martínez has all the cash.
After the victory at the limit achieved in Turkey, BAXI Manresa is now traveling to Germany. Telekom Bonn is the unbeaten leader of the group, and one of the strong candidates to fight for the continental title this season. The Bagencs, who traveled this Monday morning, are taking all available players and will discard one for tomorrow's game.
BAXI Manresa has left without time to think about this Sunday's defeat at the Palau Blaugrana, where the squad distributed minutes to be able to face the upcoming matches. In the BCL, Pedro Martínez's men have a good position to qualify for the quarter-finals, but it is very difficult for them to be first in the group: they would have to win against Telekom and lose their last game or beat them on average ( -18 points) and not fail. Of the 13 players traveling, one will have to be ruled out for tomorrow's game at 20:00.
The German league leaders Bonn are having a great season in the Basketball Champions League - they only lost their first game in the competition and have had a perfect record ever since. Already classified, they have many options to be first in the group and have the track factor in their favor in the round of 16 play-off. The team is led on the court by point guard TJ Shorts, well supported by players like Delany, Tadda, Herrera or Kratzer.
Captain Guillem Jou and pivot Martinas Geben have recorded statements for the media today. The escort from Llagostera pointed out that "the team is fine, even though it's been less than 24 hours since we played; TJ Shorts is a great player and creates a lot, but they have a solid team that plays well together and is aggressive at the basket». For his part, the Lithuanian said that "the team is focused on the next challenge, we have had a long journey to Germany; they have a good team, with a core that has played together for the last 3 or 4 years, and a group of 3 or 4 players who can score 20 points on any given day; we are not focused on whether or not we are top of the group, but on the next game and then the Betis game at home».