“First,
I want to remember two very important things today, the fans who have travelled
from Valencia, we have felt them in the good and bad moments and this is very
valuable, especially away from home. And second, I want to remember the great
game by Movistar Estudiantes, with new players, with young players, competing
very well in Spain and in Europe, I want to congratulate their staff and the
players for the great game. The equality has been predominant, and in numbers,
although it has been an attractive game because of how even it was, there have
not been good percentages in both teams, we have defended well but neither team
has been successful. We started taking good care of the ball, in the third
quarter we had some unfortunate losses, due to haste, others due to emotional
states, we are people. Those bad moments have been played in the 3Q and they
have put themselves ahead. The match had become very complicated, I am proud of
the mentality of the players, we wanted to play the 40 minutes, we don't always
manage it, and today, if we didn't, we had no chance of winning the match, we
knew that before the match. Our rotation understood the match and believed. The
last quarter in our favor showed that we were more accurate and we closed the
rebound better. With the rotations shortened by Alina Iagupova, today I would
like to highlight the effort of Stephanie Mavunga, not for the numbers, this is
about the team, but for sacrificing herself for the team, today she was not
fully fit, with an infection, the beginning of an illness, but once back in the
game she was decisive for the victory. I am very happy with the team's effort,
when there are casualties and you are away from home you have to stick together
very hard. There are many things to improve but we are proud of the mentality.”