Junior A closes a great season with fifth place in the spanish championship of Granada

The junior A of Catalana Occident Manresa closed a great 2020-2021 season with a brilliant fifth position in the Spanish championship of the category, which was held in Granada.

The Bages team started the competition with a comfortable victory against the Aragonese Stadium Casablanca, in a match that dominated from the beginning (37-59). In the second duel, another victory, this time more deserving, against a Baskonia that was behind for many minutes (70-63). In the last match of the group stage, the Manresa team took the opportunity to rotate in the defeat with Real Madrid (96-50).

In the round of 16 the rival was Obradoiro. After a very even match, Catalana Occident ended up winning by the minimum (63-62). In the quarterfinals it faced a Joventut that, after 30 minutes very level, ended up tipping the scales in the final minutes thanks to his success from the three-point line (75-64). In the match for fifth place, the Bages team again showed a good version and won Unicaja (64-79).

The Manresa expedition was made up of coaches Pere Romero, Sergi Huerta and Gerard Carrión, physical trainer Abel Ruiz, physiotherapist Roger Fontanet and players Adrián Garcia, Musa Sagnia, Ferran Fernández, Jonathan Lozano, Bernat Farell, Edgar Medina, Gerard Gutiérrez, Toni Naspler, Alex Rubín de Celis, Paul Ater Maker Bol, Ferran Torreblanca and Arnau Saló.