Nikola Mirotic, why failed the project?

Principles of summer of 2019, a rumour jumps in the social networks, Nikola Mirotic could fichar by the FC Barcelona. This same summer of 2019, confirms the signing of the player of Podgorica by the club blaugrana, is clear that the bet by Mirotic has an only and clear aim, conquer the third Euroliga.

The signing surprise of the summer

The investment in the montenegrino is enormous in the economic, the bet by Mirotic looks for to take out to the group blaugrana of the mediocrity in which it carried diverse immersed seasons, seasons in that neither the most fearless asia bookie (runners of Asian bets) bet because the Catalan group colara in the Final Four of the Euroliga.

To reinforce this project, the Barça no only invests in Mirotic, but it brings to Corey Higgins of the CSKA of Moscow and to Brandon Davies of the Zalguiris to conform a team that combined talent in the track and a genius of the bench as it is the good of Svetislav Pesic.

A staff formed by Thomas Heurtel, Pau Ribas, Adam Hanga, Roland Smits, Pierre Oriola, Alex Abrines, Kyle Kuric, Víctor Claver, In front of Tomic, Corey Higgins, Brandon Davies and Mirotic, and with the punctual help of players of the B like Leandro Bolmaro or Sergi Martínez.

With this staff and with Pesic to the control, the FC Barcelona became in the houses of bets, a firm candidate to no only put in the Final Four, but to be the champion of the same. Unfortunately, the regular phase would finish with the Barça third, crossing in the top 8 with the Panathinaikos, but unfortunately arrive the pandemia, and the competition would finish being suspended.

Mirotic And Jasikevicius, winning bet

The bet of the managerial blaugrana by the team of basketball was still in foot, and to the following year the club brought to a trainer that generated an impressive illusion, Sarunas Jasikevicius, somebody that already had to the public in his pocket thanks to an esplendoroso happened like player barcelonista.

With the Lithuanian to the controls, and with Mirotic of leader in the track, the group blaugrana would achieve to conquer in three years 2 glasses of the king and two leagues ACB, apart from colarse 3 years been still in the Final Four. In these 3 Final Four the group blaugrana has achieved to plant 1 time in the final, final to which accessed after winning with a shot milagroso of Higgins in front of Armani Exchange Milan by 84 – 82.

The problem is that in the final jointed several factors against, an inopportune injury of Calathes and have confront to the Efes of Micic and Larkin, that would finish imposing by an adjusted 86 – 81. The two following seasons the Barça went back to colarse in the Final Four, but in both crossed in his way the Real Madrid, and in both the group blaugrana would finish losing the meeting.

fichó To Mirotic with a clear aim, win and go back to be competitive in Europe, and the true is that the montenegrino has increased his list of winners and the one of the club in his stage blaugrana, 2 Glasses of Rey, 2 leagues ACB and 3 participations in the Final Four endorse that with Mirotic at the front the Barça has gone back to be a big of Europe.

The failure

Luckily or unfortunately, the success or failure in sport, depends many times of if the pellet goes in or no, and in this case the big aim, has not fulfilled , that was to raise the Euroliga.

In spite of this, Mirotic is, and will be idolised in the Palau, is, definitely, one of the best players of Europe, his delivery, his talent, his know be, his infinite education have done that the Palau blaugrana, idolise it, and the only big failure of the section of basketball, is that it have not been able to retain to a player that the fan blaugrana... It idolises.