Joel Parra: ‘We have to fight for the win from the start’

Joventut forward Joel Parra He warned of the difficulty of facing rivals Real Betis this Thursday (8:30 p.m.) at the Palau Olympics and urged the team to “go out and win from the first minute.”

The Sevillians nearly won the Catalan court last season (84-82), after achieving it in the previous season (78-88), in both cases a similar situation to the current one , second to last in the standings.

“With their recent experience coming to Badalona as a bottom team, they have dangerous players like Shannon Evans who can do a lot of damage to us, so we’re very happy. You should concentrate on… Forward.

“So we will have to make it clear to them that we want to beat them and it is on our track that victory cannot escape us,” he added.

After five consecutive Endesa League wins, Parra admitted that he came into the game “very dynamic and with a lot of confidence” as a result of playing “very good” basketball.

The international forward claims the ‘good team’ Joventut has and the streak after a bad start to the championship is down to the fact that the new addition is ‘clear about the coach’s (Carles Durán) idea. caused,” he said. Play good basketball and win.”

Personally, Joel Parra said that his goal is to “help his team win games”, so he alternated between the forward and power forward positions, saying that he “does very well physically and mentally”. said it does.