Barça examines itself in opposition to its direct rival for the title

09/30/2022 at 18:17

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The azulgranas obtain a go to on the Palau from a Bidasoa Irún who has three consecutive victories

Carlos Ortega has summoned the identical males who signed the victory in opposition to Celje

Barça faces this Saturday (4:15 p.m.) on the Palau Blaugrana in opposition to Bidasoa Irún a conflict in opposition to considered one of their direct rivals for the title, which comes second within the desk and with three consecutive victories.

Jacobo Cuetara’s group It has been Barça’s most direct rival in home competitors in current seasons (third in 2021-2022 and second in 2020-2021.

For that reason, Carlos Ortega doesn’t need his males to calm down, simply 48 hours after their Champions League victory in opposition to Celje (38-30).

Final week within the match in opposition to the Puente Genil, the coach rested Ludovic Fábregas and Aleix Gómez however for this event, and earlier than the entity of the rival, Ortega has not wished to maintain something and has summoned the identical 17 that entered the checklist to face Celje.

Bidasoa, after dropping on the primary day on the Benidorm courtroom (26-23), has comfortably received Cangas, Torrelavega and Valladolid within the subsequent three. As well as, on Tuesday they performed the primary leg of the second qualifying spherical for the EHF Europa League in opposition to Norwegian Kolstad (30-27).

Cuétara has not made vital modifications to his squad, reinforcing the objective after the retirement of Juan Manuel Sierra with the incorporation of the Polish Jakub Skrzyniacz and the French Medhí Harbaoui. He has additionally lined the appropriate aspect with the arrival of the Serbian Mihajlo Mitic and the left with Asier Nieto.

His two prime scorers are Jon Azkue (21 targets) and Iñaki Cavero (20), who each scored 10 targets within the match in opposition to Kolstad on Tuesday, and along with Gorka Nieto (10) are his offensive property.

The iron protection of Bidasoa It will likely be an actual problem for the Catalan groupthat they don’t neglect the problem in beating the Basque group on the Palau Blaugrana final season (31-28).