new age Miguel Mendez She started on the women’s basketball team. Shock in Eurobasket: a loss in their first match against Latvia. But then Spain passed tournament direct set against, with chained solvent victories Greece And Montenegro and an exhibition on a collective level, with his prominent role against Germany (67-42) in the quarter-finals. Laura Gil (13 points, 11 rebounds, 21 PIR) stands out as the spirit of the group.
After a short break from the medal fight (7. eurobasket 2021from the end World, eliminated in the quarterfinals tokyo games), the team returns to the semi-finals of a major tournament this Saturday against Hungary (17:45, Teledeporte), a team that became the pinnacle of the competition, having beaten him in one of their two friendly matches only a few days ago, center bernadet Hatar 2.08 and 28 years old.
The national team’s renaissance coincided with the best version of the 31-year-old center from Murcia, who is 1.91 meters tall. Laura Gil He’s having a great moment and regained all of his passion on the basketball court after overcoming a serious Achilles tendon injury. His work with Raquel Carrera provided a lot of internal solvency to the national team, which was well supported by Paula Ginzo and Lola Pendandethe last two organizations Barca CBSto minimize absenteeism Astou Ndour, Irati Etxarri and María Araújo.
team meander He also stood out defensively with his work. Queralt Casas or Maria Conde and also took extreme care with turnovers (only eight balls per game) on the way to the sixth continental final.
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“We are not the tallest or the strongest in Spain, but we have a defensive style that makes the opponent uncomfortable, it’s the inside that defends, but the outside also helps us. It’s hard to ‘watch out’ for the opponent every day,” he assures. Laura Gil, committed this summer perfumery street, He has already played five seasons and said goodbye to go amid the pandemic in May 2020. Valencia.
In its second season in March 2022 ValenciaThis was when he suffered an Achilles tendon rupture, which kept him off the slopes for about a year and spent the last part of his recovery. Basketball Grounds French (a French Cup) and back where he regained his best self, with a much stronger body and much more influence in the group.
“I’m enjoying it a lot. After Achilles, 2021 was tough for me. I came back to help the team and I feel very comfortable,” he said. gilstresses the importance of the team not bowing its head after the loss against Latvia. “It’s very good weather on the track at the end, so we will give our all to get the medal.”