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06.05.2010 11:58

Pete Mickeal’s blog (I)

www.fcbarcelona.cat

From Thursday until the end of the biggest weekend in European basketball, the Final Four in Paris, Pete Mickeal will be sharing his experiences and feelings with us in his blog at www.fcbarcelona.cat.

Regal FC Barcelona’s small forward from Illinois is thrilled to be in Paris on the verge of making history. There are plenty of nerves, but Mickeal hopes to provide “stimulation for the football team”.

This is the first entry in Pete Mickeal’s blog:

“I have a good feeling about this, we have worked very hard to get here and now we are here we need to concentrate, and most of all, stay clam. We have to focus on our work, and relax whenever we can and realise that we can do really well when we want to.

As I said, the team feels focused and concentrated, but calm and in the right spirit to know how to compete. We have only been in Paris for a few hours, but it’s all very exciting and to be honest, we just want to play.

A Final Four involves a lot of things, but most of all, I’d say it’s different to other competitions. You can sense all the media around you and also the importance of the competition in itself. And all the teams are staying in the same hotel, which also generates a special atmosphere.

I know what this title means to the people around us, our fans and also ourselves. And after seeing the football team win so many titles, which gives such a name to our club, we are hoping to emulate them a bit. I have seen them celebrate big titles and I hope we can follow their example.

Tomorrow (today for readers) we will be on court for the first time. At the end of the day I will be speaking to the media and you’ll know a little bit more about my first experience of playing for Barça in a Final Four.

Until then!”

Pete Mickeal