The Palau will experience a key match this Thursday with the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against SG Flensburg-Handewitt which arrives marked by the great Barça victory last week in the first leg (29-33).
With a four goal advantage that would be five if the Germans do not reach 32 (Goals on the opposite court continue to rule in the event of a draw for the remainder of the course), the team led by Carlos Ortega faces the event responsibly and asks for the massive support of the fans.
“We will finish at eight twenty. There is time to come and cheer us on, then grab some pizzas and watch basketball at home”, explained Pérez de Vargas to SPORT regarding the Barça-Madrid Euroleague semifinals that will also take place today in Belgrade at 9:00 p.m.
The Barça coach will once again have the important absences of pivots Ludovic Fàbregas and Luís Frade. The Frenchman is recovering from an appendicitis operation and the Portuguese, from a rupture of the internal lateral ligament of his right knee. Both could reach a hypothetical Final Four in time.
On the way to Germanic lands brightness the only healthy pivot of the first team, Yussef Benali. The Tunisian nationalized Qatari scored eight goals and also performed at a high level in the rearguard and the one in charge of giving him rest was the defense expert Thiagus Petrus, a key player in the team.
Ortega does not want even the slightest confidence
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“I hope that no one comes relaxed, starting with the public and ending with us. The tie is not yet resolved & rdquor ;, Ortega explained in the previous. Regarding the Swedish megastar Jim Gottfridsson and his poor performance in the first leg, the player from Malaga warns that he may be “injured and will want to show why he is considered one of the best players in the world & rdquor ;.
Veszprem and Kielce, OK
This Wednesday the first two quarterfinal matches have been completed final and the truth is that there have been no surprises, since the two favorites who started with an advantage have complied and will be in Cologne.
Telekom Veszprém successfully defended the seven goals they scored in the first leg despite falling 35-33 on the court of an Aalborg in which Juul and Bjornsen scored nine goals; In the Hungarian team, the Danish ‘brain’ Rasmus Lauge and the French Hugo Descat shone, both with six.
Petrus and Gonzalo, this week in training
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For its part, the Polish Lomza Vive Kielce passed over a Montpellier (30-22) who had already won in France with seven goals from the Belarusian Artsen Karalek and two from the Spanish Àlex Dujshebaev.
The last quarterfinal matchup will be decided at 8:45 p.m. at the Sparkassen Arena with a stellar THW Kiel – Paris Saint Germain after the 30-30 first leg in Parisso the champion in 2020 starts with an advantage.