Barça and Estrella Roja want to continue adding
BARCELONA, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça receives Estrella Roja this Friday at the Palau Blaugrana (8:30 p.m.), on the seventh day of the Regular Phase of the Euroleague, in a duel in which both hope to continue their victories achieved after losing the duels against their eternal rivals two days ago, and thus be able to definitively make a ‘clean slate’.
In the WiZink Center Classic, Barça fell 65-64 and, in the Belgrade derby, Red Star did the same by a very tight 88-86. After those defeats, the Blaugranas recovered against Panathinaikos (80-72) and the Serbs defeated Bayern Munich (74-68).
In the Hernangómez duel, decaffeinated by the 5 points of the Blaugrana Willy and the ‘green’ Juancho without scoring, Barça won but with a serious wake-up call; the 9-25 of the last quarter that came close to turning around a game that the ‘culers’ seemed to have controlled with the lead 71-47 at the end of the third period.
Now, at the Palau, Barça will try to remain firm in front of their fans and start a new streak, against a Red Star team that is looking for a surprise and a third victory that will allow them to remain close to eighth place. Of course, the Blaugrana team starts as a clear favorite and even more so after recovering troops.
THE JOY AND STRENGTH OF THE ‘1’ RETURNS
And, without a doubt, the best news for Roger Grimau is being able to have Nico Laprovittola and Rokas Jokubaitis back on the track; the joy and strength in the base position. “Both Laprovittola and Jokubaitis have coached normally. Ninety-odd percent of them are ready to play, especially Laprovittola who has been out for two weeks,” the coach said in the preview.
On the other hand, at Red Star, Branko Lazic and Hungarian forward Adam Hanga will be out, with a knee injury that will prevent him from returning to the Palau Blaugrana, where he was a hero before leaving for Real Madrid. Despite these absences, the Serbs will try to storm the Palau to continue leaving behind the pain experienced in the derby against Partizan.
DATASHEET.
–EQUIPMENT.
BARÇA: Laprovittola, Satoransky, Kalinic, Da Silva and Vesely –possible starting quintet–; Paulí, Brizuela, Hernangómez, Parker, Nnaji, Parra and Jokubaitis.
RED STAR: Napier, Lazarevic, Giedraitis, Mitrovic and Bolomboy –possible starting quintet–; Nedovic, Teodosic, Davidovac, Simonovic, Tobey, Kuzmic and Two Saints.
— ARBITRATOR: Javor, Paternico y Vyklicky.
–PAVILLION: Palau Blaugrana.
–TIME: 20.30/Movistar+.