Joan Peñarroya: “I sign to equal the result of Atenas”

The coach of the Inherit San Pablo Burgos, Joan Peñarroya, has pointed out in the press conference prior to the match against Hapoel holon that he would sign “equalize the result achieved in Athens” where the Burgos team got their first Basketball Champions League.

Now in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), the Burgos are proud to “be back in a European competition again”, although they prefer to set the goal only in this Thursday’s match.

In order to Peñarroya, “the important thing is to maintain control of the party” and “the rhythm” to face the Israeli team.

The coach of the Burgos team has stressed that “the team arrives without injuries”, something positive to repeat the result, although he pointed out that “it is another season and another competition”, since in his opinion, the Burgos team plays “better than in September but also the other teams. “

“It will be difficult to improve the result of Athens,” he said. Peñarroya, who does not think about the final but about “going from day to day”.

“Three games separate from the final but it is of use to think about it if tomorrow’s match is not overcome,” he said. Peñarroya.

For his part, the captain of San Pablo Burgos, Vitor Benite, positively valued the presence of the public in the final at eight o’clock BCL after more than a year playing with the empty stands and affirmed that it will be “nice”.

“We have lost that atmosphere that we had with our fans in the stands,” said the Brazilian, adding that “it is good that it changes the mind both for the sport and for us.”

Benite He joked that “in Russia people will cheer us up or say bad things to us, but we are not going to understand it”, something that Burgos want to take advantage of to feel protected again.

The captain stressed that “it is easier to participate in a competition when nobody expects much from you”, however, he added that defending the title “cannot be a complex” to the Burgos team, which hopes to repeat it.

Of the rival in the quarterfinals, the Hapoel holon, he hopes that the triples do not enter his most offensive men since “you can lose for small details”.

“If we want to win the tournament again for the second time we have to learn from the mistakes we have made in the last Endesa League games,” concluded the Brazilian.

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