The Barça, current European champion, debuts this Thursday (8:45 p.m.) at the Palau Blaugrana on the Champions League against the Polish champion, the Lomza Industria Kielce, the only team that defeated him last season at the Palau, although he later took revenge by defeating him in the End Four from Cologne (37-35) to achieve his 11th continental title.
Three months have passed since that final and in the memory of the azulgrana there is still the stop Gonzalo Perez de Vargas in the series of penalties to Daniel Dujshebaevwhich decided the match (37-35).
But the Kielce coach, the mythical Talant Dujshebaev, has not forgotten it either and arrives at the Palau ready to repeat last year’s 30-32 after a spectacular start in the competition defeating Nantes French by 40-33.
Debut at the Palace
After the great Barça victory on the court of Pick Szeged (28-35), Barça coach Carlos Ortega faces the match with maximum concentration, aware that the Polish team is also a serious candidate for the season title and the only one that won both games in the group stage. “The Kielce It will come with a lot of desire, but we also have them. Without a doubt, it’s a ‘top’ match and the two teams arrived very prepared. They want revenge and make history by winning again at the Palau and we don’t forget that it was the last team to beat us here”, he explains. Ortega.
Same as him Kielcehas also started his national competition, the Asobal league, at a high level and his only concern is the physical condition of the Croatian central defender Luka Cindric, still with discomfort in his right leg that makes him a doubt for tomorrow.
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The meeting also has the incentive of the European debut before the Barça fans of the Danish goalkeeper Emil Nielsen, the Swedish winger Hampus Wanne and the swedish side Jonathan Carslbogard.
It’s the ninth season of Talant Djushebaev in front of the Kielce. After winning the Champions League in 2016 and runners-up last year, the club has thrown in the rest for this season with three high-profile signings: the right winger Benoit Kounkoudthe right side Nedim Remilliboth from Paris Saint Germain, and the young Swedish winger Elliot Stenmalm.