Sudden death begins. Getting to the quarterfinals indicates an irrefutable premise: winning is the only option to continue opting to the top. The Peace and Friendship Arena from El Piraeo, in Athenseverything has it ready for the clash that will face Spain and the Czech Republic This Wednesday (16.30h/TDP). At stake is going to the semifinals and continue taking steps towards sleep.
The Catalan base, Mariona Ortizhe spoke after the training of the team in the Piraeus about the sensations of the twelve that face this challenge. “The team wants the game to arrive and play it”Said veteran Rookie, who plays at 33 for the first time this competition. How do they prepare for it? The answer was clear:“ Estating together … although we have already been together from the beginning, in the sense that we are supporting ourselves a lot. Those that we have a little more experience, helping young women; The young women trying to give us that freshness … I always tell Iyana (Martín), which gives me a disconnection point that is very good for me”.
As for the rival, the captain of the Casademont Zaragoza He analyzed some of the most prominent aspects. “They made a very solid first phase. It is a team that has interior and exterior players, with bases that know what they play. It will be a difficult game, but we can get it out. Our winning character will be very decisive. It was already in the previous phase. We do not give anything for lost, we fight all the balls, that each player tries to give the maximum”He insisted.
Ortiz He stressed the solidarity of the team and highlighted that aspect as fundamental to have qualified for rooms: “I have said it more than once: a word that defines us is a team. Everyone brings. Everyone does what they can and to the fullest. And that is what made us be here and in these conditions”Finally, questioned by the fact that the captain, Alba Torrens, has never lost a quarterfinal match of a Eurobasket, the Catalan responded smiling:“I would like to touch wood (laughs). Hopefully it will continue like this, from Amulet”, Switch off.