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"Work, Work and More Work" Israel today

2020-02-20T08:30:02.162Z


Fernando San Amtrio has never played in Barca or Rial, but success with intermediate teams and the team has made him one of the greatest world basketball players


Why not played in Barcelona or Real ("I didn't get a real chance") and how he became a star in the middle groups ("makes me proud") To play against him, Fernando San Amtrio in a fascinating interview with "Israel Today"

  • San Amatrio. "I never got a real chance to play in Barcelona or Rial"

    Photo:

    IP

Fernando San Amtrio has never been the most talented player. When he was young, he always loved the talents of great contemporaries like Rudy Fernandes, Mark Gasol and others. But he did not listen to the predictions and became Olympic medalist, Spanish champion and European champion.

"Work, work and much more work," he says in a special interview he gave to Israel Today for his team's Valencia game against Maccabi Tel Aviv tomorrow, "Nobody gave me anything for free. I made it to the first league, and I was always striving to reach good-level teams and jump away to higher-level teams. Even today, at 36, I still want to play only at the high levels of the Euroleague. "

San Amatrio is one of the pillars of the Spanish golden generation, which flourished in the early millennium and continues to this day. He wore the La Roche uniform from 2005 to 2017 and won many titles. "After winning the European Championships until the age of 18 in 1998 and the World Championships until the age of 19 in 1999 (winning the US, JM), the generation of Felipe Rice, Juan Carlos Navarro and Pau Gasol brought the team a special way to compete in major tournaments. "That's why we achieved amazing achievements at the international level. They added a lot of winemaking," he explains of how the Spanish team in particular and Spanish basketball in general flourished.

"Proud of my career" // Photo: IP

Along with successes with the team, San Amtrio has an impressive team career. He is one of the only players since the founding of the ACB (Spanish Senior League) in 1983 to win a championship with two different teams that are not Barcelona or Real Madrid. Despite that, he never played in one of the two major Spanish basketball games.

"I never really got a chance to play in Barcelona or in Real Madrid," he says in that regard. These are special things that make me proud of my career. "

Why did you never go outside to play in Spain?

"I always had good offers from Spain and never had a real offer outside of Spain. I can say, of course, that I was open to the possibility of going to another country, but that didn't happen."

Don't forget Elijah

San Emtrio's high season was in Vittoria from 2015-2008, during which he won the Spanish Championship and the National Cup and was even selected as the league's outstanding player. And what's the bureaucracy? Grabbed a place of honor in the season quintet.

In the 2010/11 season Litor Eliahu joined Vitoria, and San Amtrio recalled that coach Dushko Ivanovich inaugurated him earlier this season in the same room with the Israeli to explain to him the high standards and requirements. "It was hard for Lior, because it was his first time out of Israel. At first he was a little apprehensive about asking him about it. He was a great teammate and helped us a lot. In the series we won the championship he was just amazing."

Elijah. "Great teammate" // Photo: Liron Moldovan

During your time in Victoria, you had a lot of great games and moments in front of Maccabi, what is the moment you remember best?

"I'm sorry for you in Israel, but the game against Maccabi I remember in particular is the game in 2013 that I scored a victory basket a few seconds to finish and we beat Maccabi at one point (70:71, JM).

Which of the Maccabi Tel Aviv players do you enjoy playing during your career?

"The Euroleague quarterfinals series in 2011 was tremendous. They then made it to the Final Four. Chuck Edson is one of the players I have most enjoyed playing against them.

From 2015, San Emtrio played in Valencia, and he, too, managed to carry himself almost alone to the tops with winning the Spanish Championship and the EuroCap. The Orange season also shows impressive ability, and contrary to all expectations currently ranked seventh in the Euroleague standings, above teams like Milan and Penerbacha.

Valencia and its Spanish star will meet Maccabi Tel Aviv tomorrow, and victory will significantly improve their chances of reaching the quarterfinals. "Ten more games remain, and everyone here is thinking about the playoffs," the Spanish concludes, "We have a good chance of doing that. Maccabi plays great and it will be a tough game. "

In conclusion, can you pick for us the five best players you have played with in your career?

Pablo Fregioni (Tau Vittoria), Juan Carlos Navarro (Spain team), Pete Michael (Tau Vittoria), Mirza Taltovich (Tau Vittoria) and Bojan Dobleevich (Valencia)

Source: israelhayom

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