Barça de Basket will not be in the Final Four of the Euroleague in Abu Dhabi (May 23 to 25) but the sensation between Barcelona is that the team of Joan Peñarroya, who arrived at the fifth match of the series against Monaco and had a final shot to qualify (85-84), has been above the expected given all the adversities that the team has had to face this season.
“It has been a thing never seen. I do not remember a season with so many injuries of important people inside the squad. I think we have saved the Euroleague with dignity, competing. We have not had a year of luck, of course,” said the former player Manolo Flores on Thursday from the NaCex challenge, the traditional golf tournament between former Barça players and Real Madrid prior to football classics.
Flores, current honor member of the Barça Basket section, has been asked what you have to change in the team to return the titles. “Well, the first thing not to have such bad luck, even if it seems an excuse. And then that the technicians and responsible for the club prepare a template according to what the budget allows to aspire to more things,” he said.
There have also been historical representatives of Real Madrid basketball, such as José Miguel Antúnez. The former base has been asked about the discreet season that the white team has. “It is normal for some year not to win a title. What is not normal is that that extended in time. It is very difficult to stay with pocket titles every year. It would be very unfair not to understand that it has been a complicated year for Real Madrid but the results send and the coach is the one who pays the broken dishes,” he said when they have asked him about doubts about the future of Chus Mateo.
