Mumbrú has gone from being able to have discards to falling short, on the perimeter. Bilbao Basket came to have a good bunch of players on the outside after the signings of Thomas and Peno himself, but events have moved that position a lot. The American went to Maccabi paying the escape clause that he had and Goudelock’s record was reactivated. Then the injured Rousselle returned and Peno’s services were dispensed with in matches. Later he hit the frightened Bigote, against Le Havre in the third category, which led Surne to the umpteenth round of the market. In between, another muscle injury for Rigo, which has not yet started, although he will be at the Pazo tomorrow. Total that before the break there were 14, with discards, and now the team has ‘lost weight’ a lot.
And now comes another mishap: a Hakanson fibrillar tear, a key player on the outside due to his determination, knowledge of the game and versatility, although he was not having a good time. He is the second most played (23.39) after Goudelock, the team’s fourth highest scorer (10.39) and the third most valued (11.1). His injury is delicate, in the gluteus, and it will keep him out for a while. She will depend on the evolution, but she waits about a month for him. Mumbrú will have to pull a youth squad to cover the number of mandatory places. “Because of the way we play, it’s a significant loss, but there are things we can’t control and we have to take them as they come,” she says. The club is still in the market and hopes to sign someone “who does not distort what is there and integrates quickly”.
Therefore, Bilbao Basket goes to Lugo today, after training, with significant casualties, to face a Breogán who is resisted by very few rivals in the Pazo. It will be Mrsic’s reunion with his former team, a pulse with Mumbrú who was his player in the fateful year of relegation, although the Croatian coach had a brief journey in Miribilla. He took over from Duran and left his place in the final stretch to Lakovic. He has played for Zalgiris with Masiulis’s father.
“We hadn’t lost for a long time and when you do it seems that everything is wrong. We need to return to training and have our habits, Ángel (Delgado) crosses the pond and is more on a plane than training here. They are not excuses, they are realities; the others also suffer it”, completed the Catalan coach.