The power forward of the Spanish team Joel Parra highlighted this Tuesday that he and his teammates are “working very hard to get the most out of it and arrive as well as possible” to the next World Cup in the absolute category, which will be held from August 25 to 10. September in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
“Very good, with a lot of desire, working very hard and excited. I think the World Cup is a very nice challenge, so we are all there focused and working very hard to get the most out of it and get to the World Cup as well as possible,” Parra declared before several journalists from the Triángulo de Oro Sports Center in Madrid.
“Spain has great players and I think we are all doing our best to try to get into those 12,” he said about the selection of coach Sergio Scariolo for that tournament. “So, that is already one more issue for Sergio and the coaching staff, of the 12 that can help get to the World Cup and give their best. I think we are all working very hard to try to have that place,” argued Parra.
In addition, he denied that there are differences this summer with respect to the 2022 call. “The truth is that it is quite similar. I would tell you that, looking forward to last year, the same. , to help the selection and the team, to take it as high as possible”, indicated the new Barça power forward.
“The two times that Spain has not been talked about, we have taken a gold. We are knowing what we have to do, trusting both the work of Sergio and the entire coaching staff as well as the players”, he stressed about the Spanish favoritism in the world Cup.
“I think that Spain always competes, and competes at a high level. Later during the tournament we will see where the competition puts us. But I think that Spain always competes and we have to go with the same enthusiasm that we went to the Eurobasket, to the previous World Cup, and be humble and go game by game”, concluded Parra.
2023-08-01 14:37:33
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