Chronicle Llull and the epic comeback of Madrid
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Sergio Llull
will remind gestures of anger, outbursts of genius, hugs and even some anger fellowship championship. Llull was seen so many times laughing, so many shouting, so many spurring. But never cry. That is why his image at Santiago Martín, a towel on his face, reddened eyes, matted hair, became the icon of this Endesa Super Cup, on the trending topic of a preseason tournament elevated by the rivalry of Real Madrid and Barcelona and by the competitive craving of guys like Mahón's.
Llull cried because there where this Sunday he reigned again, where he led a comeback like those of yesteryear, where he felt full again, he had torn his knee ligaments four years ago, in that friendly with the Spanish team in preparation for the Eurobasket that marked a before and after in his career. That left his physique full of scars. "There are many emotions, they have been very difficult years personally. I have spent some hard years due to knee injuries and muscle injuries and playing like this in a final has brought all that joy," the guard later described.
Already in the first part he had warned that this was going to be his night, but it was later, with everything lost, when he uncorked his champagne.
Two triples in the abyss to rescue Madrid, which fell by 19. And points and more points (up to 24, 27 PIR), a heart where the breath did not reach him.
"The character of this team when things are worse," described the MVP of the final (his third in a Super Cup after 2014 and 2018, equaling
Juan Carlos Navarro
).
Another notch to his collection: MVP of the Endesa League (2016-17), of the Final Playoff (2015 and 2016), of the Copa del Rey (2012 and 2017) ... in his title number 22 in white.
Llull receives the MVP trophy after the Super Cup final.Ramón de la RochaEFE
And he remembered in the Movistar Plus cameras the night before, those black clouds that tormented him, just six minutes on the court against Lenovo Tenerife. "I remember my family, my girls, my brother ... Yesterday I argued with my wife. I was angry because I had not played well," described Llull, rarely so open.
"We have given away a title,"
Jasikevicius
complained
.
"We arrived very fair, but nobody stopped believing," summarized
Pablo Laso,
who, of course, praised the hero of the night.
"My son wants Llull to play all his life," he said at a press conference, who before was one of the first to embrace the Balearic in his emotion - along with
Rudy Fernández
- in whispering in his ear who knows what.
"Yesterday he played a bad game, he played little. So what? Are we now going to find out or kill him for yesterday's game? Please!", Claimed the coach from Vitoria.
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