Spain’s match this Friday at the Príncipe Felipe has many incentives for Zaragoza fans to come to the pavilion to experience the duel against Portugal. The most relevant is the debut of Aday Mara, but the Association of Professional Basketball Players has made it official that several former players of Casademont Zaragoza will be honored during the match after ending their careers.
Six players will receive the tribute from the fans and four of them have a past in the Aragonese capital: Tomás Bellas, Bojan Dubljevic, Xavi Rey and Nacho Martín, Fabien Causeur and Jayson Granger will also be at the event. The Montenegrin center is the most recent one because the last two seasons of his career have been in Zaragoza, but the one who left the best memory was Tomás Bellas being the second highest assist in the history of the entity in the three years he wore the red shirt.
Nacho Martín also left very good memories in his two stages in Zaragoza. The interior experiencedthe last promotion to the ACB in 2010 and in the 2018-2019 season he experienced the best season of the Aragonese entity when they reached the semifinals of the playoffs for the title. In the case of Xavi Rey, the center only played eight games at Casademont Zaragoza when he arrived in April 2018 after recovering from an injury, although he had his importance in the short time he was in the Aragonese team.
PEPE ARCEGA’S T-SHIRT
In addition, before the match against Portugal, José Ángel ‘Pepe’ Arcega’s shirt will be retired at the Príncipe Felipe. So his name will be hung next to that of his brother Fernando and the late Pilar Valero. The event will take place before the start of the duel.
In this way, the Zaragoza pavilion will pay tribute to one of its most relevant sports figures who was part of CAI Zaragoza from 1982 to 1996 with which he was Cup champion in 1984 and 1990 and finalist of the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1991.
