“The soul of this team appeared again”
MADRID, 11 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The player of the Spanish basketball team Alba Torrens was “very happy” with the ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and with the image given by Spain, which came back 22 points from Hungary to close the Pre-Olympic with victory despite the fact that He already had his Olympic passport, even though he had lost it.
“I'm very happy, we all are, and very proud of this team. Sometimes, success is getting up after falling and this team did that. We stayed together throughout the tournament, throughout the entire game today. It's one of our main forces. The soul of this team appeared again,” he said at a press conference.
Torrens explained the adjustments at half-time and the mentality of wanting to get the job done despite seeing Japan's victory that gave them the ticket to Paris 2024 before playing Hungary. “There have been a lot of emotions. It was a very short qualification and you had a lot at stake. There were things that you couldn't control but we knew that if Japan won we would be classified,” he said.
“We were happy but at the same time we had to put it aside because we had to play, give our all. We had to do the work and then celebrate. It is a special moment, but for the team, for the Federation, for Spanish basketball, to be back in a Games, with what it means, being able to share this moment with Miguel,” he added, before talking about his fourth Games.
“When you have been in a Games and you know what it means, not only to achieve it but the path, it goes beyond you. A shared objective, so many people fighting for that objective, we help each other through what it costs to get there. When you achieve it, the emotions “They are on top of their skin. The first time it was a great joy and today even more so,” he concluded.