In the course of it, the Real Madrid player and the Spanish team have indicated that “To be able to hang a medal” in Tokyo “would be something incredible” in what will undoubtedly be “very special Games” due to all the circumstances surrounding the Olympic event. “We have three consecutive appointments getting among the top three and hopefully this year it can happen again. We know that all the teams are at a very high level, but we arrived in Tokyo after being crowned world champions and I am sure that we are going to try everything ”, he indicated.
The 15 players who are part of Sergio Scariolo’s squad meet again today in Madrid to continue the pre-Olympic preparation plan. After conducting two training sessions in the Spanish capital, the group will be able to head to Las Vegas, where in the early hours of Monday They will face the United States in the last match to prepare for the Olympic event: “This little tour has helped us to see how the team is doing physically. We have had bad luck with the injury of Juancho Hernangómez, but beyond that, cI think the team is together and gives good feelings. We are aware that all this is very long, we have our feet on the ground and we must continue to improve ”.
Despite arriving in the Japanese capital as current world champions, Rudy does not trust the rivals that will be on the road. The Mallorcan, with two silvers and an Olympic bronze, is aware of the importance for the national team of “being a family” that enjoys “every summer the opportunity to get together and proudly represent the colors of a country in international competitions ”.
The forward also highlighted the fact that three of the team’s players -he, Álex Abrines and Sergi Llull- come precisely from the islands: “You can see that the islands always bring quite talented players. We not only talked about Llull, Abrines or myself, before that there was also Joan Sastre. I think that the quarry of the islands is at a very high level and will continue the same ”.
Questioned about his nearest future -Rudy has a contract with Real Madrid until June 2022-, the Mallorcan forward has indicated that, “For the moment, he is going to live day by day”: “Thank God I am having an incredible career that I could never imagine when I started playing at Sant Josep Obrer, but right now I go on a day-to-day basis. As I find myself, I will continue and if at some point I see that I cannot or that the legs do not pull, I will take a step to the side and I will retire from the world of professional basketball. I don’t think about anything in the long term. Right now I feel good physically, my back is responding well and that is what I feel ”.
To finish, Rudy Fernández, what he has never hidden the great affection he has for Real Mallorca, He has taken advantage of his brief appearance to congratulate the vermilion club for a “promotion so worked out.” “They have had a very solid season from the beginning. I am very happy to be able to see them again in the First Division ”, has settled.
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