FC Barcelona fan Antoni Carreras hurt his knee on Saturday playing in an amateur basketball game. It did not stop him, or his friends, from coming to Belgrade for the Final Four this week.
Injury could not keep Barca fan from Belgrade
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For 32-year-old Antoni and his six friends, basketball is a way of life. The basketball floor in Tarragona, a town just outside Barcelona, is also a place where Antoni hurt his knee while trying to make a last-second play this past weekend.
"Talking to my friends, we realized that my injury will not stop us from going to the Final Four,” Antoni explains.
Antoni rolls around in a wheelchair through the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague FanZone, with one of his friends in charge of holding his crutches. They already had a little adventure because his wheelchair broke on the airplane, so they spent Thursday morning looking for new ones to rent in Belgrade.
But they already proved nothing will stop them from enjoying the experience, because this is the Final Four.
"We watched the whole season, the series against Bayern, and we said, ‘We have to do it.’ Yes, basketball is definitely the way to live."
He says being a fan of all Barcelona sport teams has been little rough in the past few years, but hopes are up for this Final Four.
"Last season we lost in the final. Hopefully, this is a chance to win this trophy.”