BARCELONA, 29 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Club Joventut Badalona, Carles Duran, would give a “remarkable high” and “almost excellent” to his team’s season after reaching the semifinals of ‘his’ Copa del Rey, the semifinals of the Endesa League and also ‘ semis’ of the Eurocup.
“I think we got to the Cup well, we would have liked to get to the Eurocup better, but we had a good tournament where the champion eliminated us. And in the ACB Playoffs we have given our maximum. I would give it a notable high, almost an excellent one, to our season,” he assured the club’s media.
For Duran, this campaign has been long and very competitive. “Personally, I am satisfied, but logically we want more. At times of defeat you are sad, but the team has tried to be the best possible Joventut”, he assessed.
One of the keys to “almost excellent” is the good treatment of the quarry. “Since my arrival, it has been key for the team to have an identification inside the locker room. All the players are very identified, not only the veterans, but those who enter as well. With the people of the house we have a plus, they don’t just play to play They play for Penya”, he celebrated.
“Surely things would have changed during the season, from the management of the locker room, or in a certain game. In general terms I am satisfied. When the next season begins I will reflect on the past, but I am proud of the work that the group has done of work. With the defeat I can still improve, and it is the handicap that I put myself”, manifested.
In such a demanding season, Duran valued the good moments and those that he would have changed. “Day after day, the atmosphere at the Olímpic grew and the team grew. The highest point was surely the ‘Playoff’, but I have memories of the Cup, against Hapoel. I think it has been a union between the team and the fans that had time without remembering,” he added.
But, above all, he celebrated that the ‘Penya’ academy continues to bear good fruit. “When I joined the club many years ago, in youth basketball, not everyone tried to get players. Now it has changed, society has changed, many clubs try to find players. What we do now has much more merit because it is very It’s difficult to find players and compete. La Penya always competes and takes out players. It’s not about winning, but taking out players for the first team, but the boys are taking La Penya to the highest level”, he celebrated.