Claire Melia confident Baxi Ferrol can overturn first leg EuroCup deficit

“There’s always someone behind me with an orange wig on or an Irish flag. I never thought coming out here that it was going to be like that.” 

Claire Melia with her Baxi Ferrol teammates during the EuroCup Women final first leg. Pic: Fiba

Claire Melia is confident her Baxi Ferrol side can pull off an upset in the second leg of the EuroCup Women final in France next week.

Melia’s side narrowly lost the home leg 78-75 to Villeneuve d’Ascq in front of a raucous crowd in Galicia. The Ireland international said the team believes it can turn things around in a week.