“I enjoyed it immensely,” he said after the spectacle in front of the cameras of ESPN. “You don’t expect a match like that. At some point you get that thrill like it’s a launch. That countdown was even included. A comparison can be made in terms of tension. It keeps building up, something can go wrong, time is running out.”
According to Bas, he and his uncle always have a lot to discuss on birthdays. “He shows a lot of interest in football and I am interested in space travel. Do I want to exchange? No, I’ll skip that. I’ve seen that Soyuz rocket once, that’s tight.”