• Sergio Rodríguez "We looked like the plagued"

"Outside of a lost battle, there is nothing more depressing than a won battle." Wellington's phrase after Waterloo has surely come to mind these days to Alfonso Reyes (Córdoba, 1971), a voracious lover of history books, although now, after "having caught the bug" as he announced in his always scathing account from Twitter, you don't even feel like reading. From his isolation, the president of the ABP describes how these days are against the coronavirus.

How are you first? I'm not having a good time. During the day something better, but at night my fever rises and I cannot sleep, with discomfort and cough. It is a strange situation. I've never been through anything like it. I get sick once every two years and it usually lasts a day. I spend the night, I sweat and it goes away. But this is new, it's been three days now. What are the symptoms like? It's like the flu, but longer. There is no snot or sneeze, there is a dry cough. When did you realize you have the coronavirus? You had been coughing for a while, but nothing more. Thursday night I already slept badly. Maybe I had some fever, I didn't get up very Catholic. And already on Friday my fever rose after eating. There I knew them, how did you act? I had been with my brother Felipe (Real Madrid center), who in turn had been with a partner who was diagnosed (Trey Thompkins). My wife called 911, but having had no direct contact they said no. When the fever started to rise to 39 we tried to call again, but there was no way. But I didn't want to insist, because I'm not bad about breathing. I understand that for an adult person it is not too dangerous. Where do you think you could catch it? Last Monday I saw my brother, because he was not yet in quarantine, they did not have the results of his partner. Felipe will surely be a vector, he carries it but he does not develop it. Although I'm not 100% sure, I also don't want to blame the poor. Surely it will come to him from the trip to Milan [match against Armani behind closed doors]. Has he been afraid? I'm not afraid, unless this lasts long or worse. Then I would go to the hospital. How are you at home? I am isolated in my room. My wife leaves the food carefully, she doesn't come close. Talking to them on the phone. The children are a little scared, I take iron from the matter. I take this opportunity to behave well, because my wife carries all the weight of the house and they have to collaborate. You have to use conviction techniques. They have no symptoms. They will continue to quarantine to the letter. From here I ask everyone to do it and to be aware and responsible for what we are playing. The sooner we finish this the better for everyone, the less the social and economic repercussions, which are already going to be enormous. Is there much confusion among the players with the situation? We have a WhatsApp group with all the team captains professionals and the ABP board of directors. There we are giving the legal information of our lawyers. It is such an extraordinary situation that you have to react as the hours and events pass. I think it would be a mistake to call the players to train. At the moment, most clubs understand it. Did European basketball react in time? The Euroleague was slow to react, especially because they were international matches. It was a mistake that games were played in Milan. At the ACB he stopped on time. What is your general reflection on everything that happened? More than basketball, I am concerned with society. Obviously, we are going to get out of this. But I did not like that the irresponsibility of some has made us waste time. My reflection is that now we must all act together and that in moments of difficulty we must stop talking nonsense. We are a great nation. And there will be time to ask for explanations. Twitter is your great relief ... It is helping me a lot, the messages of love and encouragement. And from time to time a little humor, always with respect, knowing what there is and what we are playing.

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