Endesa Super Cup 2023, One of the ones that has raised the most expectations at a sporting level in recent years reaches boiling point today in Murcia with the arrival of four participating teams. The tournament, which will be played tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday at the ‘new’ Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia, offers many attractions, especially Real Madrid and Barça. Look for this to happen again as they face each other tomorrow (18:30) in the first of the semi-finals.
The Blaugrana will come with four new signings, which they made with their checkbook, despite it being a campaign in which they cut their budget. Former NBA player Jabari Parker, Willy Hernangómez, Joel Parra and Darío Brizuela, who has not played since January 2, 2022 after being selected No. 2 in the 2014 draft, was officially introduced yesterday afternoon. Debutant coach Roger Grimau wants to emulate Chus Mateo at Real Madrid last year; The Madrid native made his debut on the white bench, replacing Pablo Laso, and won the championship.
Barça, who trained at seven o’clock this afternoon, and Madrid, who arrived at the Nelva hotel at six o’clock after traveling by AVE, faced each other for the last time in the final of the last league and Blaugranas won with a score of 3-0. Therefore, Madridistas who prefer continuity The first frame of the new season 2023-2024 to his eternal rival. Madrid, which protected the entire bloc except for the return of Argentinian Facundo Campazzo, who preferred Chus Mateo and made UCAM Murcia fans happy, could not make any revolution despite being defeated in the fight for the ACB championship. Victory at Real Madrid. The point guard eagerly returned to Spain to complete the squad that, after passing through the NBA, won the Euroleague and was continued by the “old guard” led by Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández, followed by the most dominant name, Edy Tavares. Mario Hezonja, Zanan Musa, Gaby Deck and Guerschon Yabusele from European basketball.
The other semi-final, UCAM Murcia-Unicaja Málaga, will measure the enthusiasm of university students to play in front of their fans, with Ibon Navarro providing solidity to the Malaga people (Kameron only) who prefer continuity. Taylor arrived to cover Darío Brizuela’s departure after winning the last Copa de Rey, reaching the Champions League semi-finals and finishing third in the league.
The performance of the facility is unknown After the pre-season it is bad in terms of results and number of matches. Andalusians beat Covirán Granada, Monbus Obradoiro, Benfica, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Costa del Sol Tournament last Sunday.
The Endesa Super Cup Fan Zone will be open only to fans tomorrow, Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., so there will be no events at La Redonda on Sunday, the final day. The venue was chosen by the City Council to determine the location of tourist attractions, as this newspaper previously announced.
Fans will be treated to a variety of events before the semi-finals on Saturday. La Rendonda will thus become the meeting point for all fans in the Region and those displaced from other destinations that support Unicaja, Real Madrid and Barça.
The day will be lively with a DJ where Super Cup posters designed by Murcian cartoonist Salva Espín will be distributed, and there will also be virtual reality basketball shooting machines and basketball as well as basketball video games from the UCAM EASport team. competitions.free throws.
Unicaja leaves for Murcia without Lima, Sima and Kravish
Augusto César Lima, who is continuing his treatment for the injury he suffered in the match against UCAM, Yankuba Sima and David Kravish last March, will not be able to play in Unicaja Málaga in the Super Cup, and has signed a contract with former university player Ilimane Diop. Six weeks. Ibon Navarro will also be able to count on forward Melvin Ejim, who trained on Wednesday after the World Cup, and goalkeeper Kendrick Perry, who missed one of last weekend’s Costa Tournament matches with an ankle problem.