Joy of Unicaja Mijas: “We were amazed”
The satisfaction in Unicaja was complete after the official debut of the first Unicaja Mijas women’s team in Martin Karpena. A few hours before the men’s fight, 2,271 spectators came to the city. AKV see Malaga players make their debut on the pitch Castle. This was the first experience that the young (nine homegrown) composers really liked.
Jesus Lazarus, historical club player and member of the championship team Cup and League At the beginning of the century he was a technician. “The whole week was very exciting, the preparation, the effort the club put in to ensure we could play before the men’s competition was brutal. The girls were amazed and it was very difficult for us to play, it was very difficult because of everything around us. The other team is also playing, we had more problems than usual with the defense in the zone, but thanks to determination we even managed to win the average score, which was important, but even more important was the total number of victories in the game for the first time in Karpena, which was beautiful. The other team was fantastic and we had a lot of ups and downs. We wanted the rhythm to overcome the nerves, but it was difficult for us,” explained the former Cordoba point guard.
“It’s really fun to see everyone there… My wife was at the foot of the court, paying tribute to the legendary basketball players of Malaga. She played on the T team.okiauto and Caja de Ronda, They ate all day and then came. It is very important that they feel what we managed to experience as their own. We did things that we don’t usually do, we made mistakes, but that’s normal,” explained Lazaro, who assures that the club is also thinking big for the women’s team: “This day, this event was important so that we are capable of everything the logistics of the men’s team use it for the women’s team and let everyone see that this is what the club is here for, that we are striving for this parity. We are in the second division and will get to the first division. And when we get into the First Division we will see how things change. The most important thing is that this team has nine players who have been through the ranks. We are competing with this team and we are going to get out of the bottom positions. It would be a great dream and they think they can play in the playoffs with this roster, so many people from Malaga and from the quarry. We have Clara da Silva, 17 years old, leads the team. This time everything was not very good, but she leads us every day, she is a brutal player. She is Portuguese and came here as a child, when she was 13 years old. As a sophomore, he leads the team. “We have a lot of things around us and we’ve taken a huge step.”
“It was fun to watch, even though we weren’t good, good, good. They came 20 or 30 times from people who came to Gindosy. “These people are creating opinions, these girls are playing well, let’s go watch them… Since the men’s game is the capital of the basketball world, with the Cup this year, the women’s game should be the same,” reflected the coach who celebrated the arrival Martha Fernandez about the structure of the club: “She comes to add, everything that means to add… A player with a lot of experience, with a lot of experience in basketball, her help here is a luxury.”
Marta Ortega, the team captain, said that “it was incredible, from inside we felt that the fans were very supportive of us, which is what we needed at one point in the game. I can’t describe how we felt, it’s incredible.” without words. Each of us contributed. Each knows what contribution she must make in each situation. This is everyone’s job, I’m very happy and we all contribute a lot,” said the player who came to Karpena as a child and was able to play on this court: “She was the first opportunity in Karpena. “I was surprised that a lot of boys and girls came, we want to convey to them that women’s sport is also very beautiful, that the games are very competitive and that they came to us because it was incredible.”
“It is true that we are on a winning streak and that allows us to look further. To continue to work and achieve victories and see if we achieve our goals. I would like to talk about the playoffs, they are difficult, but we are working on it and the series is good,” he said of the upcoming season.
Salome Garciaone of the few veterans of the team, admitted that “it was very overwhelming, a huge feeling of satisfaction, and we deserved it. Besides the fact that we won, it was very positive, there was a lot of joy and enthusiasm.” I think we created a very good image, that people who haven’t seen us yet are hooked on us, and that’s very positive. It is very important that the men’s and women’s clubs have many young people who come to watch the games. the fact that a girl can feel identified with the club is a very positive thing in terms of attracting people into the sport,” he said.