Barça has taken advantage of the two weeks of European break to carry out a demanding ‘load’ job
Carlos Ortega’s men will face the last four European games of the year and the Iberian Super Cup with guarantees
Taking advantage of the two-week break in the Champions League, the Barca coaching staff headed by Carlos Ortega has designed a kind of preseason on a small scale in which loading work has been carried out with the aim of the team facing this last key month of 2022 in the best possible way.
Perhaps that is why the team has been seen a little heavier in the last two league victories in which they conceded more goals than usual and it was difficult for them to break the games (30-35 in Logroño and 33-26 last Friday at the Palau against Helvetia Anaitasuna).
Without forgetting an ASOBAL League in which they have 12 victories in as many games, Barça has four very important Champions League games before them in the remainder of 2022 in which he could leave his direct classification for the quarterfinals almost sealed (the first two will get the ticket and those classified from third to sixth will have to play the eighth).
After the first six days, the azulgrana team leads Group B with 12 points, followed by Kielce with 10 and Nantes with eight. Carlos Ortega’s men visit a THW Kiel team on Thursday that only has five points and will begin the second round on 30-N at the Palau with the retirement of Víctor Tomàs’ shirt after the game. On December 8, the Aalborg of ex-azulgranas Aron Palmarsson and Mikkel Hansen (fourth with seven points) will arrive at the Palau and on December 15 they will visit Nantes led by Valero Rivera Jr.
Iberian Super Cup
Things from this hellish and chaotic calendar that players pay for in the form of continuous injuries and physical problems, Barça will have to travel directly from Nantes to Malaga to face the first edition of the Iberian Super Cup.
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In the mythical Ciudad Jardín Sports Center where the extinct Caja de Ronda and its ‘heir’ Unicaja played, the azulgrana team will face Sporting de Portugal (Portuguese Cup champion) on Saturday, December 17 and the other semifinal will be played by Fraikin Granollers (second in the ASOBAL League and in the cup tournament) and FC Porto (winner of the Portuguese League) with the final on Sunday 18.
In parallel, will also take place in Malaga the Women’s Spanish Super Cup between Bera Bera de San Sebastián (League champion) and Ciudad de Málaga (Cup champion) as the duel with the Portuguese teams has not prospered for now, unlike what has happened with the men.