The Spanish coach anticipated it, Miguel Méndezbefore the meeting: it was going to be a suffered party. And it was. Space losing 10 points against France But he grabbed the clash with a great performance of Awa fam (21 points and 9 rebounds) and got into the seventh final in its history (64-65). He Sunday (19.30 hours/TDP) The final will play against the winner of the clash that will face Italy and Belgium. Two of two also for the Spanish coach, who in his second continental championship at the head of the team has put the team again in the final.
In the press conference after the game the coach could not hide the pride. “I am very happy for my team, for my federation, for our female basketball. I don't want to make any technical comments, I think we fight until the end and won the game. I don't know if it's a very technical comment, but this was the game. We are very happy and we will try to play another game to win the trophy“, said.
As for the claw that took the group on the track, traced 14 points against Czech and 10 against France, the coach expressed the following: “We don't always have (that winning DNA). We work hard. From the beginning we follow many players and we have a school. We do not have the physicist, but we have very competitive players and it is a luck to be able to represent my country, and all the country's coaches, and I am a lucky man to be in this position. We are very satisfied with our style and with our way of playing”.
The Galician was grateful to his technical staff and expressed to remember the players and the coaching staff that two years ago the same milestone. As for the cold blood and the impudence of this new generation that has been consecrated in its first date in a great stage, Méndez stressed his competitive thirst. “ANDLlas want and that is the most important thing. The first want and the second power. We have played with a very very physical team that made us difficult to pass the ball twiceit is true that in all the games we had a support (today Awa Fam, yesterday Raquel Carrera) but Elena Buenavida made a defense that passed over three to recover a ball. Pueyo took the magic bar and Alba stole two balls that gave us free points. And always the support that Awa has given us, throughout the game. This is a team, we try to be big heads and being in one way and another. We have changed pairs, we have defended with the little ones to the big ones and vice versa. And the team always responds. He always step forward and always responds to any instruction given by the coaching staff. And that's the first part of success”, The technician settled.
