Ale “finally” lifts the championship title

vigues Maria Alejandra Alvarez del Burgo —Ale, as he likes to be called— (1995) already is Champion of Super League 1 from volleyball. I did it on Sunday with Gran Canaria Olympics in the third attempt in their career, and in addition they won the return match of the Cup, where they met with the same rival, Tenerife, and were defeated, as in the final last year. Two years ago, her current team won, but she was still a member of Alcobendas, where she lived for a long time.

The athlete admitted yesterday that it is strange “to wake up the day after you know you are a champion”. although they were leaders throughout the course and they only lost one game, he admits that there was pressure. “We knew we had a great team, we wanted to win every weekend and this was the goal. It was clear to us that we could achieve this,” he says.

to have finished obligation to win every day takes its toll because “every team has good times and bad times” and admits that this year he knew how to deal with it better than in his first season. “I managed to find my game more and, even though we had the same goals and they were there, I succeeded enjoy more without thinking so much about them,” he muses.

Now the goal has been “finally” achieved, they say in the youth facility The youth of Teiswhich had “a Thorn»For the previous two lost finals and above all for the Cup final in which they lost to the same opponent they defeated now. “We had a very good time on the track and it was a defeat that we suffered a lot, which it was difficult to pass“, remember. They managed to make up for it and win at home.

After winning the first two games of the final, they lost the next and ghosts. But they did not back down. “We knew it would be war and that it will cost more there, that they will be more comfortable with their people”, he comments. And that was noticed in the first game away from home, where they equalized at 2-0, but conceded in the tie-break. “It was the fourth game second chance to close it and, although they put us against the ropesWe succeeded,” he celebrates.

He believes the key was in the confidence who gave them solidity shown throughout the league. “Thanks to that, we were able to keep a cool head in moments of tension and the ability to turn the situation around after winning 2-1,” he says. With this, they ended the series of consecutive finals that always fell on the side of Tenerife.

For Álvarez del Burgo, this league is “the reward for work all season,” a course where they “made a lot of pineapples,” forming a group she’s thrilled with. Personally, “it’s a title he didn’t have,” and he says he’s “very, very happy” to have won it and contributed win.

Rest and beach volleyball

María Alejandra plans to visit Galicia as soon as she finishes her title and physical tests with Spanish selection. In his country, he also plans to continue Beach volleyball this summer. “They always gather me to play in the tournament, and last year I couldn’t because I have tendinitis. But now I’m better.”

“I came here to gain experience if I want and I can be professional”

For Maria Alejandra Álvarez del Burgo, it was a “complicated decision” to leave alcobendas, where he was for ten years. “We made a spectacular team, the players were both friends and colleagues,” he recalls. But many were leaving at the time, and she also wanted to “have the experience of knowing what it was be professionalif he wanted to and if he could”, because until that moment he had combined playing sports with working in Advertising agency on the radio.

His choice to try to fulfill those goals was Gran Canaria, where he is now finishing his second campaign. “In the beginning, everything was new and it was not easy. But they accepted me very well from the first minute and they did he helped me adjust“, account. He was afraid that there wouldn’t be as much life as in Madrid, “a city that offers everything”, but he found that in his current destination. beach“, Thank you.

The future in Gran Canaria

The athlete from Vigo has a valid contract with the Canarian club and has no doubts about her future, which gives her additional peace of mind. “As for that, I’m also very happy. They trusted me, I’m very comfortable, I’m grateful, I’m happy with the team, knowing that many colleagues continue with peace from nothing needs to be decided». The decision was made two years ago, and time has shown that it was the right one.