At 1:00 p.m. in Santander against Ademar León
Cívitas BM Guadalajara faces the final eight of the Copa del Rey, which has been held since Friday in Santander, with the spirit of “fight” in the tournament, his coach, Juan Carlos Requena, has assured, although the coach is aware that “his war is another“.
The purples, who make their debut this Friday against Abanca Ademar León at the Palacio de los Deportes Santander, have the “ultimate illusion” for competing and showing why they have reached the final of the Copa del Rey, in which, if they beat the Leon team, they would have to face Barça.
“The sensations are very good, we are going without the pressure of the last games in the league and you face the competition in a different way, the objective is to continue getting good feelings”Requena has pointed out, who also has among his objectives to get Denys Barros to play his first minutes this season, and also to recover the Bosnian central defender Kemal Hamzic.
Match against Teucro de Pontevedra. DG file.
Requena wants “That they integrate into the squad as soon as possible and arrive in the best conditions for the remaining league games”.
In this Friday’s clash, the coach expects “give a good image and enjoy the competition” against Abanca Ademar León by Manolo Cadenas against which in the league competition Cívitas Guadalajara has had mixed results, as Cívitas was defeated at home and took a surprising victory in León at the start of the second round.
In this sense, he has commented: “There are options to win, we’ve already done it this year, they were without Juan Castro but it’s the same, if we play a good game, we’re good in defense and we control the high pace of the game that Ademar always raises, we’re going to have our chances of winning the game “.
Having reached the final of the Copa del Rey gives visibility to Cívitas BM Guadalajara and the capital of Alcarria, since according to Requena “Along with the successes of the youth academy, it is being seen outside that things are being done well and we are super happy to be part of this, to be able to represent the city in a final phase of an elite championship such as the Copa del Rey and We will try to leave the city and the club as high up as possible”.
Juan Carlos Requena, coach of Cívitas Handball Guadalajara.The Argentine left winger Panchito Lombardi, who is one of the eight protagonists of the poster for the final phase of the Copa del Rey, has revealed in a press conference the illusion that makes him play this competition for the first time.
“It’s my first Copa del Rey and I’m looking forward to it”said Lombardi, who added: “For the whole group it’s something very nice and we’re going to enjoy it, try to win on Friday and get good feelings for the rest of the season.”
It has also ensured: “I don’t like losing anything and we’re going to win, although it’s going to be difficult, Juan Castro adds a lot to Ademar’s attack, but we’re going to try to defend him to win and face what’s left in the best way, to stay in Asobal”.
For this match, the debut in an official match of the Brazilian center-back Denys Barros is finally expected, who will travel to Santander with the team and is expected to play his first minutes in official competition, while the center-back Kemal Hamzić is recovered from his injury from shoulder and you will also begin to enjoy minutes with your teammates.
The rest of the squad is completely at the coach’s disposal and will travel to Santander that Thursday, including homegrown players Álvaro García León and Jesús Ángel Lucía in the call-up, while Santi Simón will not go for work reasons.
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