When Alba Torrens stood out, one of her idols was Juan Carlos Navarro. When she grew up, she was compared to La Bomba many times. And against Hungary, in the Eurobasket semifinals, she once again showed why. She thinks about basketball. Feel the basketball. She runs basketball. Torrens shook her wrist, put her at the service of the Spanish team, and with her successes propelled her team to the final. She scored her first four triples, reached the break with 18 points and finished with 27. All to lead Miguel Méndez’s team in a stellar way, who is showing off his first major championship in front of the bench.
Spain will fight this Sunday (8:00 p.m.) in Ljubljana (Slovenia) for its fifth continental gold in its sixth final. He will do so after completing his return to the elite. The nightmare of 2021, when he signed a lousy seventh place in the European Championship and was left out of last year’s World Cup, is history. The selection is back here. where i used to Where he had accustomed the public. Hand in hand with classics such as Alba Torrens, Laura Gil or the incombustible Sílvia Domínguez and new talents, such as Paula Ginzo recently signed by Barça, Méndez’s team once again applied an accurate script to handcuff Hungary, a selection with remarkable wickers in the inner game. It is also worth mentioning the good work of Maite Cazorla, especially in the hottest moments.
On the other side of the field, Torrens percussed, Ginzo hit free shots and Cazorla accompanied with outside pitches. Only the Hatar ceiling (2.08 meters) made rectify shots but her teammates could not find her in attack and would not do so for almost the entire match.
For Hungary, the nationalized American Goree responded and the Studer base joined the reaction attempt. Six points from the latter lifted the Magyars, who had lost by 16 and left 10 down at intermission (38-28).
The game got tangled up for Spain after the break, with Aho marking Alba Torrens more closely, who, however, managed to hammer from time to time. But Hungary never gave up and continued to insist. The Magyars had raised lines and managed to short-circuit Spain’s attack, which also accumulated errors in free kicks. With a 6-16 run, the Hungarians got fully into the match (50-46).
Everything would be decided in the final quarter. Alba Torrens Territory. For his baton. For the wisdom of him. In the midst of a chaos that could favor the sparkling Hungary, the Balearic Islands put their rival in the fridge with their fifth, majestic triple, from the corner. That launch gave oxygen to Méndez’s (56-48), who asked for temper and order.
But their players did not convict and Hungary went back to slipstream (56-53). You had to keep rowing. The defense appeared, the compass of Maite Cazorla and, of course, the hand of Alba Torrens to finish tying up a hard-earned victory. Spain returns to a continental final. Where they became the best team for years.
