Sergio Scariolo, Spanish basketball coach, warned of the dangers of visiting Belgium this Sundayor, in the second qualifying game for Eurobasket 2025, and He recalled that it is one of the three teams that has been able to beat Spain in the last two years in addition to Latvia and Canada.
The defeat suffered in Zaragoza against Latvia does not complicate the classification, but it warned that no one should think that Belgium will be a sweet spot for the Spanish team.
“Belgium is one of the few teams, of the 3 along with Latvia and Canada, that has beaten us in the last two years and we are aware that we are playing away from home and against an opponent who has just played a very good game in Slovakia in the first round of the windows and that We will have to really work hard to achieve victory“, he explained in statements provided by the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB).
From Guadalajara, where the Spanish team prepared its next match this SaturdayScariolo wanted to clarify his latest statements, in which he complained that the Spanish internationals had so little prominence in their respective teams.
“They deserve more minutes”
“The disappointment is that the majority of players do not play or have a very low role in their clubs.perhaps the nuance would be that I am upset that they do not deserve to find a place in their clubs, they have to look at that at home and be clear that I have no doubt that if a player grows, rises to a level, works and competes , It almost forces his clubs to give him that space,” explained the Italian coach..
Therefore, consider that The key is for his players to demonstrate “ambition and desire to discuss” the hierarchies established in the clubs “to be able to gain that space that is essential so that they can compete at an international level and grow in experience and that we can have a minimum number of players who can compete at the maximum international level.”
Said message He addressed it “to all” the players, to whom he reminded that “it is not enough to find a salary for being a cupoo for being part of a professional staff and having a good standard of living, but you don’t have to be complacent, you have to be ambitious and fight for your place.”
2024-02-24 17:30:38
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