Laia Aleixandri He faces one of the great challenges of his career: try to win his first title with the Spanish team. It will not be, however, its first Eurocup, since it went to that of 2022 but with a different role due to the competition with Irene Paredes and Mapi León. This comes at a great moment and in the best summer of his life.
The Eurocup as culmen
The history of Laia with the Spanish team comes from afar. International in all lower categories, he debuted in May 2019 With only 18 years in a friendly preparatory for the World Cup of that year. Since then, its growth was exponential until it was summoned for its first final phase of a great tournament: The Eurocup of 2022 of England.
The new Barcelona player attends Radiomarca before the debut in the Eurocup
“In that I had to play as a midfielder for necessity in the team. In defense he competed against great players ahead “recognize. And at that time the defense was a private preserve for the aforementioned Mapi and Irene.
In it World of 2023 Which won Spain in Australia, Laia lived the consequences of '15'. Your name It was not among those chosen by Jorge Vilda and lost the opportunity to lift the most important trophy at the selection level.
Upon his return, I took on the bench, grabbed the reins of ownership, which he kept in the Olympic Games and from which, for the moment, he has not dropped. Now, In this Eurocup it will be one of the leaders of the national costumes.
Return home
After a lifetime away from home, Laia Aleixandri He announced a few weeks ago his return to Barcelona. Culé since childhood, he was in the lower categories of the Blaugrana team since the age of 11 and touched the first team playing in the Blaugrana box. From there he went to Atlético de Madrid, dominator of the time to disembark in Manchester City a few years later and reaching his maturity.
Since then, their paths had always been linked and in many summers, their signing for the culé painting had sounded strongly. But until this 2025, it has not become official. She still does not believe it: “Not even having signed … until I start training yet I don't believe it …”recognize with laughter.
In the culé team, it will also meet some players with whom he has already shared costumes in past times but, above all, he crossed again on the road with See the Batleone of her great friends in football. “We know each other since the age of twelve. He says that I am a bit heavy because I pursue her. Madrid, Manchester … and now Barcelona. The truth is that we love each other a lot and we are very good friends, “he says on the side.
He will also share a rear with his reference: Irene Paredes. “It has always been one of the players in which I have noticed. It marked me a lot when I wrote a message when I went to Manchester, because reminded him of when she went to Paris to Psg. This year when we found ourselves, he told me: 'I wait for you next year.' And look, in the end it has been fulfilled. “Recognize laughter.
Passage through the altar
This summer, also, too He has married. Shortly before concentrating with the Spanish team, the Spanish defense married his partner for years Moisés Trillo, also linked to the world of football from the perspective of representation.
At a wedding that had football dyes, Laia could not stop smiling by remembering one of the most important days of her personal life: “I am very happy for my wedding and for everything that has happened this summer. I have one thing left to complete itI don't want to say it but you can imagine which … “.
After the return home and the exchange of rings, Laia Aleixandri wants to make a great Eurocup. “It would be the icing”he states. However, as some of his companions are also doing, he wants to go step by step: “First we have to pass the group stage. It is not saying that we are favorite or notbut before playing the final you have to win many games, “he recognizes cautiously.
