With only 20 years, Martina Terre (Barcelona, 2002) has already earned a place in the brilliant history of the Spanish water polo team. His performance in goal was decisive for spain will lift the title this weekend world league and that also meant him being chosen as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
The balance marked the final against Hungary (tied at 11 at the end of regulation time) and the game had to be decided in a penalty shootout that lasted until 8-7. terre stopped three shots and sealed the first Spanish victory in this competition, although the uncertainty lasted a few seconds, since the referees consulted the VAR before decreeing that the last Hungarian shot, deflected by the Spanish goalkeeper, did not finish passing the goal line. goal.
“It was an incredible final, with a lot of physical demand and enormous wear and tear, a very tough game at times,” he admits. terre, in a conversation with El Periódico. “We celebrated it, but we didn’t have much room either, because we came back quickly and we all have to return to the dynamics of the clubs because we are in the middle of the League”, explains the Barcelonan, a member of the generation that won the Junior World Cup a year ago in Israel and that has accelerated the renewal of the absolute. Included in that group are Elena Ruiz, Nona Pérez, Cristina Nogué, Paula Camus and María Palacio, which was the last to join.
The goalkeeper of CN Sant Andreu She recognizes that the title of best goalkeeper is “an honour” on a personal level, as it was in the European Championship, but her personal performance did not leave her completely satisfied. “I started badly, it’s true that in the end the penalties were good for me, but during the game I didn’t recognize myself”, she admits critically and reveals that she doesn’t usually get nervous, but that she ended up very tense in the sudden death on penalties . “In those moments, you see that all the responsibility falls on you. Luckily, I saved that last penalty”, she admits and explains that a large part of the credit goes to Laura Esterthe goalkeeper of CN Sabadell, with whom he shares the national team’s goal. “He is my maximum support in every game. He knows a lot, he knows all the rivals, he helps me deal with the pressure, he gives me advice during the match…”, he discovers.
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“A Round Year”
The triumph in world league round off a memorable year for terre and also for the team Mickey Father, champion of Europe this past summer in Split, and prolongs the sweet moment of the team that has already won the Olympic silver in the Tokyo Games in 2021. “It has been a unique year, but also very hard, with a lot of work and concentration”, he explains. Martina debuted in the national team at the World Cup in Hungary and has already become a fixture on the list of Oca. “I haven’t stopped to think much about what I’ve achieved, I’m more day-to-day and you enter into the dynamics of a team that comes to tournaments with the mentality of winning. But it’s incredible: six years ago, I went to see them play, and I asked Maica (García) and Laura (Ester) for photos and now I’m with them, ”she says.
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The surprising thing is that he came to water polo almost by chance. He started in gymnastics, went on to swimming and then water polo and seeing his physical and contact level, he ended up finding the pleasure of being in goal.
It was her father, a firefighter by profession, an INEF student and a gym owner, who pushed her and her sisters to practice the sport. The oldest (21 years old) plays basketball in the Vedruna Grace and the little girl (18) plays goalkeeper water polo in the CN Catalonia and also aim high.
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“We both help each other a lot,” says the international goalkeeper, who combines her life in water polo with a degree in Global Studies in English at Pompeu Fabra. “I know this is not football. It is a minority sport, although it also won world titles and Champions and there will be a time when water polo will end, “he says Martinawhose brilliant career has only taken off.