Barça achieved its second victory under the orders of Óscar Orellanathe bridge coach after the dismissal of Joan Peñarroya waiting for Xavi Pascual to take charge of the team this Monday. The Blaugranas had just won in Munich (74-75), they repeated at the Palau against Virtus (88-81) and… Baskonia arrives on Sunday at 7:00 p.m.
The 45-year-old from Barcelona has been at the club since 2012 and he joined the first team coaching staff in 2016… just after the termination of the contract of Xavi Pascual with whom he will work in principle with Alberto Oliver, Rafa Martínez plus the incorporation of Íñigo Zorzano, the faithful squire of the Gavà coach.
Orellana highlighted that since his appointment “I felt a great responsibility for leading the group through a difficult week. We have always tried to focus on the next game. “You have to prepare to win the next game, here the schedule doesn’t give you respite and there isn’t much time for emotions.”
The key to his success has been taking each day as if he were the definitive coach. “You can always give more. There are games every 48 hours and that makes it difficult to maintain the intensity for all the teams that combine ACB and Euroleague. We have taught that our mentality is the right one and that this way we can beat any team,” he continued.
“We have talked a lot about recovering pride. We appeal a lot to the individual responsibility of the player and they have executed the message perfectly. There has been a mix between what we have transmitted and, above all, the enormous commitment that everyone has shown to the fans and to the club,” he emphasized.
“We have already started talking about Sunday against Baskonia. Starting tonight we have to think about Sunday, both me and the players. Tomorrow (this Saturday) at noon we will start working together, because the situation in ACB is what it is and we cannot fail in front of our fans,” continued the promising Catalan coach.
Your work is being extraordinary, since will hand over the team to Xavi Pascual much better than how he received itwith two consecutive victories in the Euroleague that leave Barça tied for third place, just one victory behind Hapoel Tel Aviv and Red Star. And on Sunday the hat trick against the Baskonistas could culminate.
And the new coach? “We have spoken with Xavi Pascual, but we decided that we would focus on each game and that starting this Monday we would start working together. We will try to help you as much as possible with the common goal of achieving the desired results. We focus on winning the next game,” Orellana explained.