BAXI Manresa visits Hiopos Lleida, a team in good shape
Despite the latest defeat at the Roig Arena, the team from Lleida are proving to be in a great competitive moment. The team from Manresa, with Benitez out, could have some changes in the squad.
The challenges continue for BAXI Manresa, who travel to Lleida this weekend to play the 19th round of the Endesa League on Sunday at 12:00. The second round of the regular league begins on the court of a rival who was difficult to overcome in Nou Congost and who is in a good competitive moment.
BAXI Manresa wants to forget the last 2 defeats in Congost against quality rivals competing on the Hiopos Lleida court. It is time to visit the capital of Segrià with the team still recovering. For Sunday's match the team still has one absentee, that of Hugo Benitez, and the doubt of Eli Brooks, recovering from a contusion caused during a match. It will be necessary to see in the last training which players are chosen to be in Lleida on Sunday.
The home team is Hiopos Lleida, who are having a good season and have already won 8 games. Those from the mainland also have the Barris Nord factor, a pavilion that has become one of the hottest courts in the league. Gerard Encuentra's team, in addition to managing to renew Batemon, have incorporated big names from the Endesa League such as Melvin Ejim and John Shurna, veteran and proven players.
Diego Ocampo appeared before the media today, and pointed out that «they are a team with a lot of individual talent and they play very fast and dynamic; in attack, they combine structured play and rely on individual talent, while defensively they have great variety and activity; there are sometimes unexpected shots that they are able to score, especially with men like Batemon or Agada».