The Catalan project imposes its story on the offices

BarcelonaSince Joan Carles Navarro, Mario Fernández and Mario del Campo took over the Barça basketball project, the team has won two Copa del Rey titles, one in the Endesa League and has been proclaimed runner-up in the Euroleague. The only disappointment was the defeat in the Endesa Super Cup, where the Barça team did not know how to make a difference of 19 points once morest Real Madrid. “I’ve known Navarro for 20 years and things will be going well for us,” said Sarunas Jasikevicius when the former player replaced Nacho Rodríguez in the office. The prophecy has been fulfilled.

The Catalan project is rolling and the image of the players singing the Barça anthem with Catalan fans who lived in the minority for four days in Granada will be one of the memories of a title that will be hard to forget. As happened in 2010, when Barça were proclaimed champions in Bilbao following beating Madrid in the final, Joan Laporta once once more experienced the great success of the basketball team in the Copa del Rey as president. “The trophy is Barça and it is thanks to the effort and spirit of sacrifice. We have lived a full Sunday,” said the top manager.

“The team is compact and balanced, it is playing an attractive game with a very strong defense and an increasingly powerful attack. Despite the casualties of Higgins, Abrines and Orihuela, the team went on for many weeks. Communion between all the players is a key factor and the contribution of Sarunas Jasikevicius is decisive. The partner is very identified with the project and this is another factor that helps to strengthen the trajectory of our team “, Josep Cubells, president of Barça’s basketball section, told ARA.

“We still have a lot to do, it’s the first step. We didn’t start well. They set the bar very high. As we started the game, it has a lot of merit,” said Navarro. “The Copa del Rey is a sports tournament, but it has become a social event and that was a risk because it takes you out of the usual concentration and dynamics. There are many protocols and side activities that are different. “One of our goals in Granada was to keep our language as sporty,” said Fernández, a sports director who has become a sportsman. Navarro’s right hand.

Pablo Laso, resigned

Despite competing well, Real Madrid was left without another title. “We did a very good job, but we didn’t find the offensive quality in the decisive moments. analyze Pablo Laso, who was left without Ádám Hanga due to injury to play the last seconds of the final.



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