Alex Mumbrú, Surne Bilbao Basket coach, faces the league match next Sunday in Miribilla against Inherit San Pablo Burgos (17.00 hours) with the conviction that it will be “long” and “even until the end” and between two teams that “sure” that they will “sweat until the last second”. The Basque set is penultimate with a win but breathed the last day by achieving the first victory against Fuenlabrada. For its part, San Pablo Burgos is eleventh with three wins.
“We know about the Burgos entity. They have quite an important offensive power and one of the best defenses in the league, so it will be a tough game. We will sweat until the last second, us and them “, predicted the Basque team technician in the press conference prior to the clash with the Castilian team.
The coach, who advanced the loss for this meeting of Tomeu Rigo due to physical problems, admitted that last Sunday’s victory against Urbas Fuenlabrada, the first of the season, has helped them to “get rid of a weight” already work this week with more “confidence and tranquility”.
Ángel Delgado, from Bilbao Basket, tries to stop Jovan Novak from Fuenlabrada from entering the basket
“We didn’t have a bad preseason, But we started the season with important rivals and, although we competed, we did not win. We arrived with zero victories and that always weighs. The mood is always better after winning, “he acknowledged.
Mumbrú is convinced of the progression of his team because, “Sometimes, the teams take time to make and take mechanisms” and, in the case of Bilbao Basket, “by making the team”, there are players who “They need to score many times to feel much more involved in defense.”
“It is important to put all that together to be better in attack and defense. We have players who did not know the ACB and we have sinned a bit of that. Every time we take one more step, but we still lack things to be better “, assumed.
Álex Galán, against Nikola Mirotic in the match against Barça de Miribilla
Finally, Mumbrú highlighted the “Special love” that he feels for a San Pablo Burgos fans that is expected to be widely represented on Sunday in Miribilla and that, together with that of Bilbao Basket, considers “one of the best in Spain”.
“Whenever we have been they have given us an incredible treatment and I am sure that on Sunday we will treat them the same here. I have a special memory because there was my last game as a player and they fired me with a standing ovation. You always remember that and are eternally grateful, “he concluded.