Raquel Carrera (23 years, 1.91 centimeters) is at a sweet moment. Valencia’s interior player returned to the competition after almost a year of break after breaking the anterior cross ligament of her right knee. But, after almost three months of activity after his return, He feels basketball player again. And its level has been progressing until the other day gave a real exhibition against perfumeries avenue in the semifinals of the Endesa Women’s League: 29 points, 7 rebounds and 47 valuation to tie the tie, which the Taronja sentenced in the fifth match in Fonteta.
The player attended AS In Valencia, in an act organized by Kellogg’s, a brand of which she is an ambassador for the promotion of healthy lifestyle and values. That day, The Santiago Apóstol Cabanyal Diocesan College premiered the new basketball track with the presence of race, which reviewed the last months of his career, his present and his future before the grand final against Zaragoza.
How have you felt on your return to the tracks?
Happy. I am doing what I like. In the end it has been a long time for a very hard job and the fact of being able to enjoy basketball makes me very happy.
He had a physical progression before debuting again. But since that happened until now, there has been a process of adaptation and feeling again as before. How has the process lived?
There has been great progression. It is a matter of adapting to the game and also adapting to that new physical form and many new things and takes time, but in the end it is achieved.
His exhibition against Avenida was brutal. Did for you a way to close the circle and consolidate after your return?
It is true that it was a good game, but it is true that they are times of streaks. I’ve been playing for two months, almost three months, and you don’t have to rush. I am going to follow 100% and that there are moments of high and low.
They arrived at the Euroleague semifinals in the Six final. They lost, but being in that round was already a success. Can Valencia Basket opt for the title in the future?
Hopefully. We are going to work for it, but it is true that Euroleague is a very complicated competition. Of course, it is our dream.
At first I was going to compete with Liberty (from New York, current WNBA champions), but finally stays in Spain. Why have you made that decision?
It is a very long summer in which the selection also competes, a Eurobasket is played. I just returned from a complicated and long injury and it is true that I would like to prioritize my health and be able to be 100% in a place and not be able to be in all.
Is it seen in the future playing in the WNBA?
when I am 100% my intention is to play in the WNBA.
Valencia has had a fundamental role in its recovery. How much do you have to thank the club that has been linked since 2020?
They have made everything easier for me. Both in summer when I wanted to go to my house and be recovering there and so much when I came back, all the work that the club people have done: physiotherapists, coaches … also my companions. That job has been huge and I only have to thank. They have been a very complicated job by everyone.
After a very hard year, he has been injured first and has felt basketball player later. What are the conclusions you take from this trip?
I believe that in the end it is true that injuries are part of this sport, the ugliest part. And the only conclusion is to take that process as part of this, recover as soon as possible knowing that there are complicated times. And that in all recovery there are difficult times, that there is a reward that is to play again and be fine again.
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