By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After a two-month absence, Juan Carlos Navarro is expected to get back to action in the Friday game of Barcelona against CSKA Moscow for the 12th Round of the EuroLeague regular season.
“He is going to play,” said Barcelona head coach Giorgos Bartzokas, as reported by Mundo Deportivo. “He’s been training with the team for 10 days and I think he’s ready to help us.”
If things go as planned, this will be the second EuroLeague game of the season for the captain of Barcelona after the premiere against Unics Kazan on the road (63 – 69 win for Barcelona).
In regards to the battle at hand, Bartzokas commented that, “Nothing is impossible. We have to go to Moscow and play to win. We know that are going to the home of the EuroLeague champion that has preserved the same team and also added players like Augustine. It’s a very powerful team and we need to play a perfect game and be very focused.”
CSKA is leading the standings with a 11 – 1 record while the Blaugrana have five victories and six defeats.
“They have a very good squad,” continued the Greek coach. “A lot of experience, good chemistry an excellent coach (Dimitris Itoudis) and Teodosic and De Colo who are great. Right now they are the best team in Europe. But every game is a different story.”