JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
A well-deserved victory saw Barcelona claim their 16th win in the domestic league after beating Valencia at the end of the match
Our editorial team received journalistic accreditation for the first time ever from Spanish La Liga team FC Barcelona . What a thrill and what a match we had in the Palau Blaugrana sports hall at the Camp Nou stadium it was a basketball match between FC Barcelona who were playing at 12.30pm that day and were taking on Valencia who also won the match 81-75 and I was there as a journalist what an honour to be at such a game and great history is being made here and now as we used to say it was a historic moment and I represented our editorial teams Information24 and JWSPORT from Bristol. Then at Camp Nou at 21:00 I watched the FC Barcelona – Sevilla 3-0 match with my also friends it was a great experience and moment of joy I had that weekend .
A very successful week for FC Barcelona teams at the Palau Blaugrana sports hall, crowned by FC Barcelona who beat Valencia Basket 81-75 it was their third win from three at home. In this match from the beginning Valencia controlled a large part of the game,and all the time they were leading the game until the second quarter because the hosts did not play well in both quarters , but the comeback of Barcelona started only in the third quarter , but a better percentage and shooting efficiency had Barcelona in the fourth quarter and won but also thanks to Laprovittola , who scored 19 points for Barcelona .
I was watching the game from a very good seat in the middle of the court for the journalists and it was a good match from the start, but it was Valencia who found their rhythm first and after five minutes led to a score of 6-13. All Barcelona’s points came from individual actions and plays and shots from distance and this was reflected in the score at the end of the first quarter was (14-24) for the visitors.
When the second quarter started four points were still scored by Valencia and when the game resumed they continued to score up to six points, between Barça and Valencia and they stuck to their game plan. Valencia’s good defence was paying off and shots from distance and three-pointers made a good play for them and only seven points by the determined Jan Vesely kept Valencia from completely outscoring Barcelona giving only a 32-43 final score at half time.
In the second half, or third quarter, Barcelona and Valencia started to score from three to keep the pressure on. However, the hosts started to turn up the tempo and get back into the game and narrowed the gap in points . A few minutes of good play saw the visitors pull back to some extent, and the defence did not work as it did at the start allowing the hosts to come within three points midway through the third period. Mirotic brought the lead within reach by the end of the quarter, the score 57-59.
Satoransky brought the game to a tie at 59-59 with nine minutes to go, then scored a three to put Barça in the lead. The final quarter was frantic and inconsistent, but also contained some stunning shots – the last being Abrines’ three-pointer with 26 seconds to go to take a four-point lead. At that point, Palau was thrilled and led the team to an 81-75 victory, Comeback complete.
FC BARCELONA – VALENCIA 81:75
(14-24,18-19,25-16,24-16)
FC BARCELONA: Vesely (9), Kalinic (7), Satoransky (5), Laprovittola (19), Mirotic (13) – starting five – Da Silva (2), Paulí (-), Sanli (2), Abrines (3), Kuric (2), Jokubaitis (13), Nnaji (6).
VALENCIA: Claver (2), Webb (15), Jones (10), Radebaugh (-), Alexander (16) – starting five – Puerto (-), Prepelic (4), Ferrando (-), Evans (3), Rivero (18)
