BARCELONA, 4 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish player Felipe Perrone assured this Monday, one day after winning the World Cup in water polo in the final against Italy that was decided on penalties, that he will continue in the national team because they want “more” and “it’s time to win” more wounded.
“When I lost, I said ‘I continue’. And now that we have won, I say ‘I continue’. We want more, it is a way of seeing the sport of fighting and now we have to win”, Felipe Perrone assured the media upon arrival of the Spanish expedition to Barcelona.
For the veteran Spanish player, it was “hard” to get to the penalty shootout because they didn’t expect it. “We had the game in our hands at 9-6 and the story of the ‘time out’ upset us a bit, but we killed it. We won the final and on penalties, we took off our weight and our backpack. I had lost three times” , celebrated.
“We had spectacular water polo. The Italians always have that point in a final, that sometimes they play worse than you and beat you. And that gives a special point, it makes you more aggressive. It was a sporting war to the limit and we came out champions” , commented on the final of the championship, in Budapest (Hungary).
For his part, the coach, David Martín, believes that they will live a good time after this World Cup gold. “This team was already making history, but not winning the gold marked you. This will be a turning point, from now on the team has matured and I think we have a team to create a good generation,” he was honest.
“I noticed the team with a lot of confidence, there was it before during the game and on penalties as well. It was our moment and the players knew it, and they showed it,” he commented on his confidence regarding the successful penalty shootout.
Asked by Felipe Perrone, he assured that he is “touched by a magic wand”. “He’s a wonder, he’s very important for us in the dressing room and in our game and it’s a luxury to have him”, recognized the Catalan, architect of a Spanish World Cup victory 21 years later.