With Emma Meesseman whom Miguel Mendez knows by heart after having coached her in Ekaterinburg, “she has in her ranks perhaps the best player in the world. There are other very good players next to them that Emma makes even better”, praised the Galician, who took over the team of Fenerbah of Emma Meesseman and Julie German for the Playoffs last season and Istanbul at the start of the school year.
Imblirable qualification: the Belgian Cats get rid of Italy and join Spain in the Euro final
Spain, four times European champion, wants to recover its gold and has only one objective to Piraeus, bringing a 5th title after a few more difficult years. “We always learn defeats and victories. I remember Spain a few years ago when she triumphed that our players did not often win in club, but who once in the jersey of the national team gave three times more than this
that they had. And I think Belgium is a bit in this position. On our side, we are for the moment very good, maybe even higher than our own level. We will see if we can maintain it again one more day. I asked the players of ambition, beyond that of being assured of a medal. I asked them to transform the nerve impulse, tension, anxiety, the threat of a defeat in something positive to get gold. “
Spain is full confidence after his victory against France in the semi-finals on Friday and his group has also joined forces around his young player Iyana Martin, victim of an infectious colitis since the start of the week, but who was able to leave the hospital and see his teammates on Saturday.
A giant screen at Mont des Arts to see the Belgian Cats in the Euro Basketball final
