Girona wins an honorable victory with Fort Fontahau watching over the sky.

Basketball Girona will aim for another victory this Saturday (6pm) against La Laguna Tenerife at the Fontagio Fortress. to move up Endesa League and Closer to a position to qualify for the Copa del Rey.

The 12th-placed Catalan team has six losses and four wins, all at home against Dreamland Gran Canaria (85-81), Barça (96-78), Covilán Granada (82-76) and Rio Bleogão (103-80).

They will then finish the year with two new home games against fourth-placed Tenerife and a derby against Hiopos Lleida, who have the same balance as Girona.

Moncho Fernandes shows the strength of his team in front of the fansthat The only time he saw his team lose at home was on the second day against UCAM Murcia (71-93).This contrasts with their weakness as visitors, with five losses in five outings.

The last game was a 36-point loss (112-76) against Real Madrid last weekend, adding yet another unappealing setback to recently promoted teams against Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos (97-79), Unicaja (95-71) and Valencia Basket (98-72).

The visitors’ other loss was against Moravanc Andorra, where a local rim-to-rim triple under the horn forced overtime (115-113). To date, Girona have never conceded fewer than 95 points in an away game to Fontahau.

The Catalan team continues to improve at home and will visit Tenerife with ambitions to win again. To feed the illusion that we want more than permanence this season.

There is a great sense of relief as they are three points clear of Granada and San Pablo Burgos, the two clubs in the relegation zone, and the team is one win away from eighth place and a ticket to the cup.

Also, the calendar seems to be going well.Because after this Saturday’s match, Girona will already face six of the top seven teams and with a great team at home, Girona can aim for even greater heights.

In the final duel at Fontajo, the team exploded with a first half scoring record of 60 points in ACB and won with a remarkable choral performance led by MVP Pep Busquets with 23 rating credits.

Ahead of the match against the Islanders, Argentine guard Maxi Fellerup is still out with a right ankle problem, but Moncho made it clear in his match preview that he is continuing to “move forward”.