Who has a friend, has a treasure. And know it well Emma Meesseman (Ypres, 1993) that when he landed in Ekaterimburgo In 2015 to play in a team full of figures and whose demand was to win everything, thanked Alba Torrens. “My first memory of her is when I played at the spartak of Moscow, because we faced each other. Then when I went to Ekaterimburg it was one of the first people who welcomed methat took care of me, that he worried about me … I was very young and was in a team full of superstars. And soon We had a very good relationship on and off the track “recalls the Belgian interior.
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The Tricolor team captain lived countless battles next to the Balearic in the seven seasons they shared In that cold corner of the world. Together they raised many titles, including four Euroleague (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021). The competitiveness and talent of both players has no paragon, although the learning of that experience went far beyond the parquet. “When you do not play in your country and you are far from those you want, you expect your team to become your family, May your companions be there, and we were at many times. In the end you cannot make basketball the only priority of your life. We have learned a lot about each otherbut Alba taught me that life is fun if you make it fun, ”says the athlete.
We have learned a lot about each other, but Alba taught me that life is fun if you do it funny
Messesmanwhose curriculum is so long that it is practically innumerable, It was the MVP of the last European Championshipan individual title to add to an extensive list: 6 Euroligas (3 times MVP of that competition 2023, 2024 and 2025) and a WNBA ring (being MVP of the final) They are some of the barbarities that it treasures on the homework.
Torrens and Meesseman talk after the final Eurobasket.
The Belgian –Daughter of former international player Sonkrei– Recognize that always It's “beautiful” playing with her friend Balear. “I am happy to find her in the final. He plays as if he are 20 years. I see her with joy, running to all the points, leading the team … and When I saw her cry after qualifying for rooms, she sincerely moved me, because I know what it means to play for Spain and Seeing that he gets here with his team makes me happy ”says the player, who adds that “genuinely I think Without it this team would not be here because this team leads with the soul and heart”.
I am happy to find her in the final. Play as if I're 20 years old. I see her with joy, running to all sides, leading the team … when I saw her cry after qualifying for rooms sincerely excited me
There will be no friendships that are worth in the clash that will measure Spain and Belgium this Sunday. Although there will be a lot of respect on the track of two captains who lead their teams from the example. “What to say about Emma … It is one of the friends that has given me basketball. For me it has been an inspiration, an example on the track and outside it. She is a player … with a huge heart “replica Alba Torrens (Binissalem, 1989), which stands out from his next rival his human quality.
Emma is one of the friends who has given me basketball. For me it has been an inspiration, an example on the track and outside it. She is a player … with a huge heart
“It is one of those players who Humanize the professional without neglecting wanting to always win, to give everything always … But he always does it in a very human and very authentic way. I would tell you that in one way or another is a player who is always”, Recounts the veteran of the National Team, whose curriculum (6 Euroligas, 9 medals with the selection and countless individual titles, such as the MVP of the Eurobasket 2017) It is on par with stratospheric than that of its rival.
Two winners out of the ordinary
Winning is difficult. Emma Meesseman and Alba Torrens have done it with an out of the ordinary success. Replicating the deeds that both have achieved is something anomalous and worth qualifying with adjectives of greatness. Who knows if both players would be the same if their path had not crossed on those Russian courts. Maybe writer William Sydney Porter, who said: “No friendship is an accident.”
