Instituto of Córdoba arrived at this first edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas with the scrolls of being runner-up of the National League of Argentina and runner-up of the Sudamericana League. And while the road began with a loss to Flamengo (83-75), he recovered, especially with the level of play, with the win 92-67 vs. Valdivia.

Nicolás Romano is one of the best players of "La Gloria" and in dialogue with the BCLA site, he stressed the importance of the game that comes to them in Chile against Valdivia, in the third window: "You have to play it with the same seriousness as always, knowing that if we win in Chile we have the pass secured to the playoffs. Once that is achieved, we will go for more."

Instituto maintained the base of the season previous, but also renewed its squad to fight for everything: "We have gone from least to greatest. Today we are in a good moment, being aware that we have nothing left over and that we must work every day to be better and to be able to create a winning mentality. I consider that Institute is to fight and be protagonists. We dream of that, "Romano says.

At 32, the pivot wing is full and knows what it can offer the team: "I can give you energy, delivery and want to win. I don't think about the rest, but I want to belong to a good team in a high-level competition. "At the same time, Romano referred to group C, which Instituto shares with Flamengo and Valdivia:" Flamengo is a team, a serious candidate to play the final of the tournament. In the case of Chileans, they are a dangerous rival and have very good foreigners, so they deserve my respect. I like the round trip that the competition has because it gives you more possibilities. Playing at home, at least in our case, is an advantage. "

Instituto is missing two games as a visitor: 12/17 against Valdivia and 12/20, vs. Flamengo.