Sunday, May 4, 2025, 10:18
“We face not only one of the best teams in this league, but one of the best of the last seasons.” Jacobo Cuétara, coach of the Bathco, warns about the Granollers, a rival today (20.00 hours) with the same objective as oranges: access the tickets at the European League. Those of Torrelavega must “make a great game to get the two points,” says Cuétara. The Asturian coach is very clear that those of Besaya must return to their level and be again “that team of Granollers, Cuenca, Puente Genil or the Spanish Cup.”
The key to the victory against Antonio Rama goes through “getting that trust.” Although the latest results “have not done well,” says the coach, “that they do not make us lose it.” The Bathco will not be easy against the third best team of the second round and that tells his visits to Vicente Trueba by Victorias: 24-33 (season 21/22), 29-30 (22/23) and 31-35 (23/24).
Despite the statistics in the League, this course the Granollers has not been able to win the oranges. In the first round, Vallesanos and Torrelavegen signed the tie (32-32). Since then they have crossed twice and both ended up in Victoria for those of Torrelavega, both in the Spanish Cup (31-26) and in the last tie of the Copa del Rey (31-28) in which they raised the Catalans.
The Bathco today has the opportunity to cut the distance with the Granollers and remain firm in its objective of staying one of the squares that give access to the continental competition and repeat the experience of this season. In addition, a victory against one of the most powerful teams in the category would be the necessary dose of confidence to confront the last three matches of the course.
