The FC Barcelona handball team, under the direction of Carlos Ortega, plays this Wednesday in Nantes for a place in the Final Four in Cologne. With a two-goal advantage from the first leg, the team seeks a historic record: its eighth consecutive presence in the German event. Ortega has called for concentration and avoiding relaxation against a dangerous opponent.
The Blaugrana machinery: pressure and fast transitions 🤾
Ortega has worked this week on the 6-0 defense and the quick counterattack exit, key to neutralizing Nantes' speed. Ball management in positional attack will be fundamental, especially with players like Mem or Gómez. The team has studied the defensive weaknesses of the opponent, who in the first leg allowed easy goals at the pivot. Statistics show that Barça is the team with the fewest turnovers in the competition.
Nantes, that friend who always invites you to dinner 🍽️
The French arrive with hope of a comeback, but they have a problem: facing them is Barça, which in recent years has turned the Palau into a fortress and the Final Four into its second home. Don't panic if the game gets tight, because we already know this team has more lives than a cat in a butane warehouse. And if not, there's always the option of asking Pérez de Vargas to work a couple of miracles.