Bàsquet Girona, sixteenth and last in the Endesa League, will visit Real Madrid this Sunday (12:30 pm) (10, 1/2) is responsible for action after the sad defeat by Coviran Granada in Fontajau last week (52-82).
The team of Fotis Katsikaris had just won the derby against Baxi Manresa (84-80), but finished the match to forget with a 15% success rate three times (3/20), 31-49 in rebounds with only two players above five points: Argentine center Francisco Caffaro (14) and American guard Nika Sibande (12).
Only five players scored more than two points: Ike Iroegbu (11), Caffaro (10), Aljami Durham and Sibande (8) and Yves Pons (7, and 1/5 in the same triangle as Iroegbu).
Whistle from the stands
People lost his team with whistles and Greek coach Fotis Katsikaris admitted after the game that he understood this very well. I am Girona’s worst record since its debut in the ACB (2022), under 59 points. what they did against Unicaja on the fourth day of the 2022-2023 season, with Aíto García Reneses as coach.
Girona, as his coach said Before going to Madrid, they need to improve in attack: they are the 13th team in the competition in two-point shooting. with 47.9% and, in fact, it is the third worst group with 24.2%.
But above all, it must change at the level of thoughts and feelings, in the words of Katsikaris.: Not giving up hands or head in bad times and not sinking when things are difficult, but getting angry and fighting.
To prove themselves in Madrid
Therefore, the Catalan team faces a trip to the WiZink Center with the challenge of proving itself and I dream of beating Madrid for the first time, after the defeat of 74-93 and 92-79 last season and 88-94 and 89-70 in the 2022-2023 season. 88-94, on September 28, 2022, marked Girona’s debut in the ACB League, and Marc Gasol as MVP with 21 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and 34 votesn.
Now the Katsikaris are settled They face Madrid without point guard Juani Marcos and forward Sergi Martínezvery alert as seen in the bitter defeat against Granada, and and the possible story of the player Albert Ventura, who signed this week with a temporary contract to share their experiences. He has 380 games in the Endesa League between Joventut Badalona and Río Breogán.
