The Spanish basketball coach, Sergio Scariolowarned this Wednesday in the presentation of Pre-Olympic Tournament to be held in Valencia between July 2 and 7, the time has passed when it was taken for granted that Spain was in all Olympic Gamesalthough they are not afraid of this new stage.
“There was a recent period where we took it for granted, but these are different times and we are not afraid of a more complex challenge. “We will have to occupy ourselves in a more intense way and with more creativity, trying to get all the resources we have,” said the coach at an event at the Palau de la Generalitat in Valencia, attended by the president. Carlos Mazónthe mayor María José Catalá and the FEB president, Elisa Aguilar.
“The classification has become a title, because only twelve teams will go to the Games,” he recalled. Scariolo. “Being there is a great result,” said the coach, highlighting the trajectory of countries that are growing from below. “Maybe they don’t have a lot of players, but they have ten or twelve to beat anybody,” he noted.
The tournament will be held from July 2 to 7 in La Fonteta and will have two groups. Spain is included in group A Angola and Lebanon and in B they will be Bahamas, Finland and Poland. The winners of the two will compete in the final for a place in Paris.
“It will be very contentious. We don’t think any match will be easy and we expect it to be very good and many fans from other countries will attend. Finland “He’s the most move-on when it comes to playing these games,” he noted.
“I hope it will be a success in sports, I have no doubt that it will be a success in terms of organization and I hope it will be very good for a city that has given so much to basketball,” he added.
Scariolo recalled that it was “a very lively debate in the world of sports” whether it was better to play this type of tournament at home or not. “Statistically, it’s almost a loss because of the sense of responsibility that comes from overcoming the support, warmth and passion that the fans can convey,” reflected the coach, who thinks that this time it will not affect them .
“I think the contribution of the Valencia fans will be very decisive, we hope that in difficult moments these very expert and passionate fans can be the sixth man to give us that push when the engine does not work as fluid as it normally does. which is always desired,” he highlighted. “We believe that being able to play in Valencia, far from being an added pressure, will be a support,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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