He Barça It is planted this Tuesday (7:00 p.m.) in La Salle Gaston Doctor of Monaco Before an appointment with history. It will play the fifth and final match of the quarterfinals with a monumental objective: complete a comeback never seen in the Barca entity and certify its return to the coveted Final Four. The mission is capitalized: turn the initial 0-2 with which the Monegasco team first hit a feat that only the only Real Madrid He has achieved in the modern era of the competition, although with the track factor in his favor in this final final meeting.
The team of Piece arrives at the principality with reinforced morals after two character exhibitions in the Palau (100-89 and 79-72). Those victories leveled a series that seemed opted for local physical superiority in the first two assaults (97-80 and 92-79). Once again, at the most delicate time, the Barça He exhibited the resilience that has characterized him in a course marked by a injury carousel. “The team has had many moments to fall and has not.
The absences are still a headache. Jan Vesely He has not recovered in the low backalgia that separated him on April 25, adding to the casualties already known. Although traveling with the team, the real rotation will be limited to nine players of the first team and the Canteranos Villar, Keita y Grujicic. The break in the Endesa League this weekend has been a balm to prepare a battle that will demand maximum.
After six clashes this season, the secrets are few. He Barça He knows that he must match the physical bar and hardness of one of the most athletic sets in Europe. The defense will be “El Pilar”, with special attention to limit the one against one of Okobo And Mike’s production James. In attack, the speed in the transition and the ball circulation are the road. Punter – With a brutal streak of 36 free throws without failure in the playoffs since 2021–, Brizuela and Parker are the referents, supported by a willy Hernangómez revitalized in the series, key in the third duel (19 points, 10 rebounds). “I feel in a good moment,” he said.
Piece He was confident but realistic: “The challenge is difficult, but we also know that we have all the options.” The mental strength, he says, is “basic to get where the legs do not reach.” Hernangomez He added that the key will be in the “collective defense” and said he was very motivated to achieve his first Final Four.
