The blaugranas begin the semifinals of the OK League this Friday at the Palau against Noia Freixenet (8:15 p.m.)
Those from Sant Sadurní eliminated Reus Deportiu in the quarterfinals, which “killed” Barça in the 2022 semifinals
Barça fell in the semifinals of the last Parlem OK League against Reus Deportiu and circumstances have prevented him from having the opportunity to seek the ‘vendetta’ this season by the KO of the red and black in the quarterfinals against CE Noia Freixenet. Thus, the team led by Edu Castro begins the ‘semis’ for the best of five duels at the Palau this Friday at 8:15 p.m. against the league champions in the 1987/88 season.
The second match will also be played in Barcelona on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. and the third will be played in L’Ateneu on Friday, June 2 at 8:30 p.m. If necessary, the fourth will take place on Sunday the 4th, also in Sant Sadurní, and the fifth, on Tuesday the 6th at the Palau. In the other series, the holder of the title Deportivo Liceo will meet this Friday in the first duel against Parlem Calafell in Riazor (9:45 p.m.) in the first game with the court advantage for the team from A Coruña thanks to their second position in the regular phase .
Barça have defeated those from Alt Penedès in the two games of the regular season (8-1 at the Palau and 1-6 at L’Ateneu) and in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup (6-3). With the only loss of the long-term injured Matías Pascual, Edu Castro highlighted that they are facing a “very competitive” team. There will be phases of the game in which we will have to know how to suffer. The first two games at home are very important. We must assert the track factor, which is what we have fought for all year.”
Joao Rodrigues scored three goals in the quarterfinals
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In this sense, it should be remembered that the key in the aforementioned elimination last season in this round at the hands of Reus Deportiu was precisely in this first game of the semifinals in which the blaugrana team lost 3-5 when they were winning 3-2 ten minutes from the break. With that memory, both the squad and the coaching staff are focused on starting this series off on the right foot.
“We hope that a lot of people will come to support us in these first two games at home and to help us achieve victory”, explained the goalkeeper Sergio Fernández in the same vein. “We have been training very well all season with the aim of being at the best possible moment when these key matches arrive and we cannot miss out on the home court factor,” added the successor to the legendary Aitor Egurrola in Barcelona’s goal.