El Breogán, against history and the board of Moncho Fernández
He Breogán River, with the doubt of the American Tevin Brown, will search this Saturday (9:00 p.m.) before the Girona of Moncho Fernandez his third consecutive victory at the beginning of Endesa League, a record that has never been achieved like ACB team.
The promising start to the course that he has signed, with victories convincing before Joventut and Manresa, makes the Breogan fans dream of breaking that barrier with which their team has already collided five times, the last of them in the 2022-2023 season, when, under the directed by Veljko Mrsic, was defeated by the Penya after starting the championship with victories against UCAM Murcia and Fuenlabrada.
He Breogán by Luis Casimiro It is the first team in 22 years to start the Endesa League scoring 100 or more points in the first two days. The arrival of players like Brown, Ilic, Andersson García either Rasir Bolton has multiplied the offensive options of a team that, in addition, keeps Francis Alonso, Dominik Mavra, Andric, Aranitovic and Brankovic from the previous course.
The offensive potential of the Lugo team will, therefore, be an enormous challenge for the Girona and the board of his coach, the Galician Moncho Fernandez, who tomorrow will meet again Victor Perez, who was his right hand during his time in the Obradoiro and now occupies a relevant position in the Casimiro’s coaching staff.
He Provincial Manor of Lugo, However, it is not a track where the Santiago coach is very loved. The current coach of Girona was assistant to Moncho Lopez in the turbulent 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons, which also led to the Breogan to the former LEB after seven consecutive seasons in the ACB League.
The relationship between Moncho Fernandez and the Lugo fans deteriorated even more after a match, on May 19, 2009, of ‘playoff’ in LEB Gold when he directed Villa de Los Barrios. Then came the derbies with the Obradoiro, where his figure and that of the current Obradoirista president, Raul Lopez, focused the wrath of the breoganista hobby.
He ‘Alchemist of Pontepedriña’ debuted as coach of Girona with a defeat precisely in Lugo, where in December 2023 he celebrated the historic Obradoiro triumph in it Provincial Manor, just five months before the Obradoirist descent to LEB Gold despite winning at Joventut in Sar.
Tomorrow’s game, corresponding to the third day of the Endesa league, It will begin at 9:00 p.m. and will be directed by referees Martín Caballero, Francisco José Araña and Javier Ávila.
