Reasons to dream of gold exist. And they have demonstrated it. The Spanish women's basketball team defeated France this Friday (64-65), Olympic runner-up, in the semifinals of the Eurobasket 2025, and will fight to add its fifth European title in the final against Belgium, something that according to one of its players, Andrea Vilaró“It is for what we have come.”
After the game, several players of the Spanish team left their impressions by mixed area, where they showed their happiness and their desire to win the gold in this championship, which would be the fifth in the showcases of Spanish female basketball. Belgium It will be the rival.
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Andrea Vilaró He defined France as “one of the best teams in the tournament”, which we had to win by being “brave” and thus, “demonstrate who we were.” “We knew it was a game where we had to reduce its points in a contract a lot, we didn't care to go to a (marker) 50-50, we knew that we had options to win and, despite the fact that they have been very hard in defense, we have found the holes. Sometimes basketball is like that, when you least expect the ball “he said.
In addition, he had a memory for all the companions who have gone through the preparation phase of the team and the previous generations, which were the ones that “taught us how Spain competes.” “We are unleashed. We will try to get gold, which is what we have come for“He added.
María Araújowho started for this game, praised the “impudence” of the youngest and how “easy” they do everything, and summarized the emotion of the entire team: “We have escaped our tears at the end of the game. In the end for us it was special, they left as favorites. In addition to that healthy rivalry we have with France, it makes it even more special and we are very happy. “
The eaves Helena Pueyo, Author of a vital basket to one leg in the last quarter, she revealed that she trusts “a lot” in its launch and that, now, they will go for the title: “I never imagined fighting for gold in my first Eurobasket, I still don't believe it.”
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For its part, the best Spanish player of the match, Awa famwhich ended with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, confessed the emotion he feels when he reached a final with Spain: “One of my dreams to fulfill was to come with the absolute selection. For five years there has been a lot of tour, learning and many people who have helped me to be where I am. I am very happy is where I have always dreamed of being. “
Spain will see the faces this Sunday in the Pavilion of Peace and Friendship of El Pireo with Belgiumhis executioner in recent years, with which he has lost in official competition in his most recent appointments, such as the final of the last Eurobasket, the 2023 (58-64), and the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 (66-79).
