Tokyo, Sep 5 (EFE) .- Oscar Trigo, Spanish wheelchair basketball coach, regretted not “finishing finishing” what they wanted in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which was a medal, but assured that they must believe that they are “a powerful team” because “an excellent generation” is also behind.
The Spanish wheelchair basketball team lost to Great Britain in the match for third and fourth place and finished the Tokyo Paralympic Games without a medal.
“The future of the national team has a long way to go. We have powerful teams ahead but we have to believe that, that we are a powerful team and we can fight for things. Eleven years ago I already thought, that if you rubbed shoulders with the best you will be a little better. Rio (silver) was not an accident and neither was Tokyo, but it is true that we have not finished finishing what we wanted, “said Oscar Trigo, at the end of the game at the Ariake Arena.
Despite the defeat, Trigo does not consider this to be the end of the cycle or that the national team does not have greater room for improvement.
“I don’t put limits on myself. The team can develop a basketball of many carats. An excellent generation has come from behind. We have seen ‘Pincho’ Ortega, Oscar Onrubia or Manu Lorenzo, who stick their heads out, play semifinals and fight for medals”, confessed.
The Catalan coach analyzed the game, which opted for the British side in a bad third quarter for the Spanish team.
“The first and second quarters we took the game where we wanted and, except for a couple of simple errors, we were taking it to six or eight points by collapsing its generators, but in the third everything has gone wrong,” he declared.
“They increased the level of intensity in the chair, we were not able to play inside and found a space in the center to hurt us. We tried to find solutions in the third quarter but until the fourth we did not find the key to fight for the game. In the end we have made a mistake to take the opposing team to a free kick but it has not come out, “he said.
For Oscar Trigo “that the team continues to be among the best will be seen in a month.”
“Now we see that we have lost the bronze medal and we go home with nothing. The first sensations are that we have had two opportunities to get a medal and they have escaped, that is what will remain in the retina of the players and coaches,” he said. .
“Even so, getting to be among the best four is something to be proud of the work of the federation and the clubs, which every day try to increase the level and reach the national team. We try to reach higher levels”, concluded.