“Teresa, the Cup in hand”. This is the song that from yesterday, and until Sunday, the relatives and friends of Teresa Abelleira, after the Spanish team got a pass to the World Cup final. EL MUNDO lived with them this Tuesday the semifinal match against Sweden at the A Cañota bar in Pontevedra. Before the meeting began, the thirty people gathered seemed nervous. Although deep down they had faith that everything would be fine. “We are very nervous, really, with great desire that they win and that they go to the final,” he said Sara Perezsister-in-law of the Real Madrid footballer. Tomás Abelleirathe player’s brother, acknowledged that he had not had a good night, although he stated that the nerves he felt were “good and beautiful”.
Once the ball got rolling, chants of “Come on, Spain!” and “Come on, Teresa!” They were a constant, and even more so when the player from Pontevedra intervened in a play. The first part was lived with a lot of tension, since the goal did not arrive and time did not stop running, but hope was not lost. “I am experiencing it with a lot of nerves and enthusiasm, but I am fully confident that they will make it to the final,” he said. Iria AbelleiraTeresa’s sister, who while she was watching the game nursed her baby on the morning of the holiday Tuesday.
The 15 minute break was used to analyze the game and to comment on how they saw the midfielder. “I am seeing my granddaughter marvelously,” commented Tomás Abelleira, the young woman’s grandfather. “After the first half I’m calmer, because I think they’re doing well. They’ve had chances and hopefully the ball will go in in the second half. What am I going to say about Tere? I’m not at all objective with her. I always I see her very well, for me, everything that is cleared up is done by her, even if it is not like that,” said Iria.
The second half was lived with more tension. Every time Spain approached the rival area, the shouts of “Let’s go!”, the applause and the blows on the table were heard even over the narration of the match. The relatives of the international did not hesitate to celebrate the mistakes of Sweden or the clearances of the Spanish defense, and even raised their voices when Teresa received a free kick for which she remained lying on the ground for a few seconds. She is untouchable to hers.
With the arrival of the first goal, all the tension dissolved and gave way to emotion. Tears ran down the cheeks of all the loved ones of the Galician midfielder, because, momentarily, they were in the final. “It’s time to hold on,” they said after the goal scored by Salma, but the joy did not last long after the tie with the Swedish team. It seemed that a jug of cold water had fallen on all of them. Nothing was heard except television, and the idea of living an extension began to appear.