BAXI Manresa wants to maintain or improve its position in the Eurocup
Diego Ocampo's team will face another pursuer, Romanian side Cluj-Napoca, who are looking to equal Bages's record of victories. Even with casualties, the team from Manresa will try to maintain fourth position in the group.
BAXI Manresa will host Cluj-Napoca this Wednesday at 20:45 at Nou Congost, the Romanian champion who is chasing the Manresa team. A team full of talent and designed to go far in the competition. The locals will not be able to recover any more players for this Wednesday's match.
This is the third of five consecutive matches for BAXI Manresa as a local team at Nou Congost. In the last 2 at home, 2 hard-earned victories against Neptunas, including a comeback, and against Andorra. Now it's time to defend or even improve on the fourth position the team is in in the Eurocup.
Tomorrow's opponent is U-BT Cluj-Napoca. The Romanians come with the desire to match the victories that BAXI Manresa has. To do so, they have very high-quality players, such as Daron Russell or Mitchell Creek. They also have players who have been in the Endesa League like Dusan Miletic (Girona) or Jeffery Taylor (Madrid). A team with foreign generation and talent.
Marc Estany spoke in the preview of the match this Wednesday. The coach from Manresa said that «Cluj is the team that plays the fastest in the competition; they have 2 very fast point guards, Russell and Molinar, and they base their game on their creation; they also have a block of American players with a lot of offensive quality; they pass the ball very well and are one of the strong teams in the group».