Space excited in his debut in the Eurobasket (70-85) and took a step further bending the host in a second game with a triumph that was built from the defense (79-60). The team overcame the absence of Helena Pueyo and bent to Germany in a choral encounter of all the pieces of the team. Torrens, who finished the game with 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 recoveries, became the eleventh player to overcome the 700 points in a Eurobasket.
Interpellated by that milestone, the player thanked the legacy of all her past and current companions: “I am grateful for me to be lucky to be part of this team since so many years. To be lucky to play and have played with so many players who have made me better, of all the coaches, of all the people who are part of the family. If I pause and think about that, that's what I feel most. I try not to stop much in that now, and it is true that in my mind is Sweden And see what I can do to continue contributing to the common goal and we want to win every game and that is what resonates me the most in my mind right now. ”
The captain, who disputes her seventh Eurobasket, spoke at the press conference after the clash and praised the ability to share the entire group. “As Miguel (Méndez) says this is a team victory. I think there have been two parts: character and tactics. We managed to move what he put on the board inside the track. The team are all (the coaches, the players, the people around) and I think that today we demonstrate that, that we are a team, that we want to compete as a team, that this is our mentality. We want to bring good things: our sacrifice, our effort, we know that we must continue and we are almost thinking about the next game, ”he reflected.
The Balearic also praised the role of the German captain, Leo Febich, teammate last campaign at Valencia Basket in Endesa League. “I have been very lucky to play with Leo (FEBICH) this year, I think it is one of the best players in the world. He has demonstrated it again and again in the Spanish League and now in the German WNBA and National Team. We knew that we had to put pressure on her because she is a complete player, does everything: throwing, spending … It has been a complicated job, we tried to put our effort in defense, not only about Leo, above all. But for me it is one of the best players in the world, ”he settled.
