Last training session before the semi-final against Unicaja, finished. All the work that has brought Sito Alonso's team to the place they had set as their goal at the beginning of the season has been done and the die, regardless of what happens in the match, has been cast.
Alejandro Gómez, general director of UCAM and architect of the squad, escapes from nerves after having seen his team “working with absolute normality” on the track at the Stark Arena in Belgrade. “We are looking forward to 9:00 p.m.,” says Gómez, who, despite his confidence, warns of the need to “play at our best level to have options.”
Unicaja is the only team that has won twice this year at the Palace, first in the Super Cup (74-79) and then in the Endesa League (65-88). It was also the team that, with great authority, eliminated the Murcians in the quarterfinals of the last Champions League (83-67 and 74-96). But Gómez does not believe that it is his bête noire. Yes, “a team with a lot of potential, budget and history.”
In fact, he is the big favorite. Yesterday the Champions League itself published a survey with several personalities from the competition and all of them declared Unicaja the winner, “as is normal,” admits the university director. “We have to play our best basketball and try to win.”
Gómez launches it before finishing: “Another thing is if you ask me if we are going to win: I think we are going to win and that is what I would like.”
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