The greatness of a player is not measured only by what he does when he wins, but also when he loses. Alba Torrensat 35, he congratulated the rival after the defeat against Belgium (65-67) And he attended, one by one, to all the people who asked for their attention. And, once the palpitations went down and it was the turn of speaking, the first words of the captain were: “In sport the line between winning and losing is very fine, and I don't want that to cover what we have done”.
The Balearic, who today has six European medals, hung the tenth medal with the selection. And I was clear about his companions: “This is a winning team. We all had the ambition and believed we could get it. Now it hurts, but what I want to convey to you is how difficult it is to be here and the way we have done it. We go with our heads high and knowing that we have done things well. This will be one more motivation to continue growing. We have competed and we go with a very value silver medal. ”
“I think we have played a great game against them, it has not been easy and I think we have done a great job, we have done it all the tournament. I am very proud, I think we show many good things in this tournament and it was not easy because we built a very fast team, but I value all the work. This medal has a lot of value. I think it hurts now, but over time we will be very happy with what we have achieved and how we have succeeded, ”said the captain.
To end her speech, the Balearic, who today adds 222 internationalities, wanted to add: “In sport the line between winning and losing is very fine and that I do not want what we have done. The way we have competed … I don't want that result to cover it Because we have surpassed ourselves. We talked about finding the best version and we have achieved it. I do not want that fine line to cover us what was achieved. And we will feel it in a few hours, ”he concluded.
