There is just over a month left until The men’s basketball team disembarks in Ourensebut the “run run” can already be heard in the streets. In the streets and at the ticket offices, with half of the “paper” sold at this point. He Spain-Slovakiafrom the qualifying phase for the Eurobasketwill reach mansion the next November 25 at 8:00 p.m. The duel was presented this Thursday on the playing court itself, with the presence of Elisa Aguilar (president of the Spanish Basketball Federation), Julio Bernárdez (president of the Galician Basketball Federation) and Luis Minor (president of the Ourense Provincial Council).
An official match that recovers international basketball for As Burgas 16 years later of the friendly tournament that pitted Spain, Lithuania and Argentina in 2008, at the gates of the Beijing Games. Since then, The desire to see The Family has remained intact. “I have no doubt that the Pazo will be full, with dedicated fans. We are proud to welcome you into our home. We’re leaving and we’re going to give each other good luck. “It’s going to be a beautiful day that will serve to remember the best days of basketball on this court,” he said. Minor.
The rigors of the calendar will make the list configured by the selector Sergio Scariolo For the double confrontation (three days before they will play in Slovakia) do not have those stars whose name moves mountains. In exchange, the party in Ourense wins in competition. And Spain is playing it. She is forced to win if she wants to be in the Eurobasket. “The city will be the capital of basketball. We are committed to filling the stands, to bursting them, so that the Slovak team feels terrified of playing on our land. Actively, passively, civilly or criminally, we have to take this game forward. I call on the entire province to support the team,” encouraged Bernárdez, who lived in the stands (“in sector 3, last row”) during the previous presence of The Family in Ourense.
Because it was impossible not to link the past with the future. He did it the president of the FEB, Elisa Aguilarcalling the fortunawhich also exists in sports. “We remember the year 2008 and that is why it makes perfect sense to come here after 16 years. Because we need, at the beginning of the Olympic cycle, the warmth and luck that Ourense has always given us. Furthermore, these parties leave an important social legacy in the city. I want to raise licenses, have balls in each school, and when bringing a reference such as the national team, it influences the children who go to the game.”
The Pazo count the days until a high-profile reunion. A match with a lot at stake on the court and a guaranteed atmosphere in the stands. The family will be at home.
