BAXI Manresa falls to Andorra in the last preseason test
The Bages team noted the casualties and the physical fatigue of yesterday's training at home with Tenerife. Lundberg (18 points) and Sakho (12 points) led the team.
66 BAXI Manresa | Toolson 3, Lukovic 8, Pérez 3, Jou 9, Lundberg 18, Renfroe 2, Sakho 12, del Águila, Lalanne 4 i Vene 5.
Partials : 17-17, 21-22; 23-14 and 20-13.
Last pre-season test of BAXI Manresa marked by the casualties. Apart from the injured Muñoz and Doellman, yesterday the men of Joan Peñarroya could not count on Gintvainis and Pere Tomás. The Lithuanian made a stroke in the closed-door training that the team did with Tenerife, and preferred to reserve it, while Pere Tomás did not play for prevention, with an overload. Jordan Sakho and Gabriel Lundberg led the team, who noticed both the losses and fatigue and could not keep pace with the rival, especially in the fourth quarter.
Balaguer was a solidary match, which gathered 600 people in the Municipal Sports Center. BAXI Manresa, as it has done throughout the preseason, divided the minutes between its players, and competed very well until the equator of the second half of the game. From then on, Andorra dominated and ended up taking the victory.
Important and quality minutes for the last member of the team, Cady Lalanne, who left samples of his power in painting. In the second period BAXI Manresa was superior to the team of the Pyrenees. In the third quarter the physical downturn of the Manresa players was noticed, and less frequent men like Pérez and del Águila entered the match, who during the preseason have been helping the team.
Peñarroya said at the end of the game that "the scoreboard reflects the lack of energy we had in the second half, noticing that we played yesterday; we have had good times, in which we have done things well, and others where it has cost us; the preseason is over, the players need to rest and now we are going to what really matters is the preparation of the first league match " .