Sergio Rodríguez: “It is one of the most even tournaments I have ever been to”

Sergio Rodriguez, player of the Spanish basketball team that will play the Tokyo Olympics, has assured this Thursday that it faces one of the most even competitions in which it has participated, with a “very tough” format that will force them to start strong from the first day against teams of a level very similar to that of the current champion of the world.

“This is one of the most even tournaments I have ever been in, above all because of the competition system, the format is very tough. We have to start very well and we know that we play against teams that are at a very similar level, “explained the point guard after the team’s training in Saitama, in a pavilion that brings him” very good memories “because Spain he won his first World Cup there.

In his opinion, the team arrives in Japan “motivated, with great enthusiasm” and convinced that they will have to leave “concentrated and eager” as they usually do to try to get “as far as possible”, because on the first day they will face each other. to Japan, host of the Games, in a match that she expects to be “very tough”.

He also regretted that they have to play without the support of the public: “It’s a shame, we all would have loved to see the pavilion full and to be able to have our families and friends, but it is what it is and we are very lucky to be able to play an Olympiad, even if it is in these conditions and we appreciate how nice it is to be in an event like this “, said the player of Armani Milan.

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