BAXI Manresa wants to recover sensations in the Eurocup and in the Congost
Matchday 15 of the European competition at Nou Congost against the Lithuanian Neptunas Klaipeda. The team relies on the support of the fans to improve and continue in the fight for the top places in the group.
BAXI Manresa hosts Nou Congost, their immediate pursuer in the EuroCup group A standings. Neptunas Klaipeda is looking to keep their momentum going to be among the top 6 in the group. Diego Ocampo's team, meanwhile, will continue to be affected by the losses but are confident in the support of their home crowd to put up a fight.
A stretch of the season begins where Nou Congost must be decisive: BAXI Manresa has 5 consecutive home games starting this Wednesday, between the Eurocup and the Endesa League. The Bages team arrives after a tough defeat in Vitoria, from which they want to quickly turn the page.
Neptunas is a classic from Lithuania, a country with a lot of basketball tradition and good teams. Klaipeda's team is seventh in group A and wants to climb positions to continue in the competition. They have 2 clear external threats: Velicka and Lomazs. They achieved their last victory at Hamburg, and they have 6, 2 less than BAXI Manresa.
Assistant coach Nacho Juan declared before tomorrow's match at Congost that «we are facing a different opponent, a very cohesive team with very good ball movement, we will have to make them depend on their individuality; outside there are 2 players with experience who make the difference, such as Velicka and Lomazs and the latest signing is Karlis Silins, who played at a very good level in A Coruña last season».