36 hours after qualifying for the quarterfinals in the Champions League, Cuenca will try to ‘scratch’ at the Palau
Those of Ortega begin a second round in the ASOBAL that they want as clean as the first
The second round of the Asobal League begins and Barça wants it to be identical to the first, that is, full of triumphs and the majority with overwhelming solvency. Nothing should change in the remainder of the League to be able to focus on a Champions League where, for the moment, things are also more than well on track.
This noon they face REBI Cuenca (12.15 pm, Esport 3/ LaLigaSportstv) a ‘trap’ rival that arrives in a very remarkable dynamic to the Palau duel, undefeated in the last seven games with four wins and three draws. His last defeat was on November 6, when he lost at Granollers 29-24.
It is for this reason that those of Carlos Ortega cannot be trusted at all or lower their guard in the match against the team from Cuenca that has in its ranks the second best defense in the League (27.3 goals conceded on average per game) while its goalkeeper Before Grbavac He is the great star of the team since with 165 saves he is currently the best in the domestic competition.
Good sensations
Barça comes to the second match in a row at the Palau with their homework done in the Champions League after qualifying for the quarterfinals. The match against Elverum did not entail excessive difficulties but even so, against Cuenca Ortega will take the opportunity to make rotations and give more minutes to the second unit so that the titleholders have a little more rest.
It so happens that Cuenca will also be the rival in the semifinals of the ASOBAL Cup (March 18) so it will be a match from which conclusions must be drawn for the cup match.
Ortega continues without being able to count on Thiagus Petrus, who continues his recovery from his hamstring injury of the right leg produced during the World Cup while if the game goes ‘loose’ he will not give Timothey N’Guessan any minutes even though he has already recovered from his left hand metacarpal fracture.
Artur Parera He commented on the match against Cuenca that “the expectation is always to win. Cuenca is a team that is third in the league, they are very fighting and strong in defense and they are doing much better than people expected.”
The Barcelona pivot confessed his joy for the result in the Champions League: “We are very happy because it was the first objective to reach the quarterfinals and we have done it before the end of the group stage.”