Iyana Martín: “It was a very physical match and we were not up to par”

After the defeat (82-73) of Spain against Mali on the second day of the Berlin World Cup, the player Iyana Martin He declared in the mixed zone that the match was “very physical” and that the team “was not up to par.”

Despite the defeat, Martin He noted that the group “will learn from this” and that being in the group stage, the situation “has a solution.”

“It is the second game of the championship, If we thought that everything was done we would be wrong, If this team has something, it is that it never stops believing,” he said.

The Asturian base commented that it is time to “be together, rest, forget, learn and arrive in Japan with the best face and the best disposition.”

One of the keys to the defeat has been the lack of success compared to yesterday’s match against Germany: “We are a team that is normally successful from the three-point line, not having had those baskets is noticeable.”

“The championships are this, learning from the games, from the rivals and recovering”, he insisted.

For her part, Alicia Florez He commented that Mali “knew how to read the game better and played better basketball.” “In the first half we had a lot of counterattacks, in the second we adjusted well, but they started to get things right from outside,” he analyzed.

Flórez pointed out that it is time “to be together and continue” facing the next duel against Japan in which Spain expects a “different” opponent because its main threat is speed and outside shooting.