Barça receives the logroño in full hangover for the pass to the final Four

With the league title under the arm, Barça receives this Saturday (18:30) to the Logroño La Rioja handballfifth classified, in a Palau Blaugrana in full hangover for the classification to its seventh consecutive Four of the Champions League.

And despite this Thursday’s defeat against the OTP Bank-Pick Szegge Hungarian (29-30) in the second leg of the quarterfinals, the three-goal rent achieved in the first leg (24-27) was enough to be again among the four best teams on the continent.

A simple task for a team that this season has seen how important players such as the Captain should overcome Dika mem or the goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas in vital sections of the course.

Even so, those of Carlos Ortega have managed to reach the final thirteenth to four in the last sixteen editions of the tournament.

Already with nothing at stake in the domestic championship after the achievement of the thirty-second league of the section on April 18 against Helvetia Anaitasuna (39-25), the Barca team will now have four league games to prepare the semifinal on June 14 at the Lanxess Arena de Colonia (Germany) before the German Magdeburg.

First, the men of Carlos Ortega They receive the Riojan team, which chains Eight consecutive victories between the League (7) and the Copa del Rey (1)which have placed a point of the European positions that marks the Bathco Torrelavega.

The whole trained by Miguel Ángel Velasco He crosses his best moment of the season, and this is supported by his numbers, which accredit him as the best team in the Asobal League in the second round, with a defeat, in front of the Fraikin Granollers (28-27), a draw, in front of the Nava (32-32) and nine victories.

Much of the merit falls to the end DAVID FRAMARtop scorer of the Logroño La Rioja handball with 124 goals in 26 games, and, above all, in the goalkeeper Xoan Ledo, who has established himself as the best goalkeeper of the competition with a success percentage of 31.27 % against rival releases.

In spite of everything, many rotations are expected in the Catalan painting, given the physical wear that meant the tie against the OTP Bank-Pick Szeged.

Thus, with the already known casualties of the goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas And of the pivots Jaime Gallego and Antonio Bazáneverything indicates that the central Half Valer “Discounted by technical decision in the party against the Hungarians – she will return to the call.”

On the other hand, some of the players with more load of minutes could rest, such as the sides Dika Mem Y Timothey N’Guessanor the pivot Luis Fradethat drags discomfort in the pubis.

The one who is expected to participate in the clash is the goalkeeper Vincent Gérardunexpected hero in the classification for colony with six decisive stops in the second half, and who Ortega did not hesitate to praise at a press conference: “He is a great professional.”