Barcelona's Technical Secretary, Joan Creus, positively evaluates Euroleague rivals

Barcelona, as the top seed, will have the Greek team Panathinaikos, now coached by the legendary Sasha Djordjevic, as their main rival in Group C. "If we compare it to previous years, the draw has been better. We had bad luck and always ended up in the strongest group. And this year, Group A is the strongest"

The problem for Xavi Pascual's team will be the long journeys, as they will have to travel to Russia (Lokomotiv Kuban), Lithuania (Zalgiris Kaunas), Turkey (Pinar Karsikaya), and Poland (Stelmet Zielona Gora).

"These are long trips, and there are many teams that are still under construction, but there are champions of their respective leagues and traditional teams that are very strong," he warned.