The reaction was as necessary as it was obligatory. The victory against Cuer Fuenlabrada (85-60) it gave oxygen to a Girona Basketball team that, when it thought it had almost everything done, its permanence was complicated in a bad way with five consecutive defeats. The negative streak coincided with the return to the competition after the international break, a fact against which Aíto García Reneses continues to charge, but the team lacked something more. For this reason, he signed up to John Jenkins. The American escort debuted last Sunday with a contribution of 17 points, being the second highest scorer behind Kameron Taylor with 20
“I felt very good. I am happy tohelp the team to get back to victory, moreover here in Fontajau. Everyone has welcomed me very well, both at the club and in the city,” said Jenkins after the game. The escort was amazed by the atmosphere in the Girona pavilion: “The fans are incredible. He has supported us at all times to give us a hand from the stands.”
Also showing them his appreciation was Taylor. The player was euphoric with the triumph and shared it with some supporters before going into the dressing room to take a shower. “I love them. I wish we could always celebrate with them,” he said. For Taylor, beating the last ranked “doesn’t mean it’s easy”: “We had to be a lot concentrated because we had pressure following the bad results. We needed to win. It is a no more towards permanence, but we need to do even more. We have eight league games left and we will have to fight in all of them.”
He thought the same garino duck: “We needed to change the atmosphere in the dressing room to have a winning mentality”. Well, the Argentine winger did self-criticism because at certain moments the team relaxed – despite the fact that the victory was more than assured. “It was a bit of a stalemate. We could have played better, because Fuenlabrada came up, although the most important thing was to win. We must maintain concentration in the four quarters”, he warned.
The template of the Basketball Girona followed the extension of Betis-Tenerife (80-76) with a result that went against them. “We have to worry about ourselves and that happens to win. We have a very important training week with a double trip and it would be good to win at least one to be calm.” Pato Garino was referring to this Saturday’s visit to youth and on Wednesday next week at Real Madrid.