Miguel Méndez, Spanish Basketball Spanish coach, considered after the classification of his team for the Eurobasket semifinals after defeating the Czech Republic that the future project they are building “looks very good.”
“We are happy of the future, but we are thinking about the most immediate present. I said in the previous one that had to win as it was. We have tried to search for defensive and offensive solutions, which is what touches the coaches. We are building something very nice, it seems to me that the energy around the equipment is very good and is being demonstrated. What we are building has very good, “he said.
Méndez recalled that this team is constRuying “for the future” and that, for young players, these games “are not easy”.
Win all games
“But we are Spain, we have a name in our shirt, and we have to try to win all the games. I am very proud of my players today. They have been super competitive. We may not be the best team or the most talented from the physical point of view, but my players are very competitive, they have a big heart and today they have demonstrated it to the world, “he added.
To win, Spain needed to overcome eleven disadvantage points to the break after in the words of their coach the players began “soft”without being able to play good defenses and losing the rebound and the divided balls.
Besides, He said that in attack they could not share the ball as usual: “But we recover in the second part, very motivated, with a lot of team spirit. I think we deserve victory, I am very happy for my players.”
Key bench contribution
Méndez believes that The bench contribution was key after the players who started in this scoring seventy points: “This says that the team is deep and is held. Even the ones that have participated least are very involved in the rotation and is very difficult to do.”
Raquel Carrera was immense in attack and also on the defensive plot, being the best Spanish in the quarterfinals / FIBA
One of them was Aina Ayuso, essential in the last quarter: “I appreciate that I have continued to be connectedthat speaks a lot about the costumes, how the players, how the team is like and how you can understand the situation. “
In your case, He won prominence after the last minute decline of Iyana Martín, base of perfumery avenue, who presented “an acute abdominal pain picture” And it must have been hospitalized to submit it to evidence and receive “the corresponding treatment”, as reported by the Federation before the meeting.
Iyana Martin's loss worries
“Iyana's loss we are very concerned about the personal aspect, we want to know what happens and what is fine. He has had a greater impact on some players than in others, it was something surprising and last minute and it costs because we care about people and not so much about the player, “he said.
According to Méndez, Iyana “It is potentially one of the best players in Europe “and, together with Mariona Ortiz and Aina Ayuso, make up” the best base package of the competition. ”
