By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Welsch was been wearing the Czech Republic jersey since 1999, making his debut with the team during that summer’s EuroBasket and decided to call it a day after 18 long years.
“My first FIBA EuroBasket, a player didn’t make the cut and he was crying. This year, we had to call people, talk to them, try to convince them to come to the national team, and that’s not the right attitude. That’s not the way it should be. For me, [playing for Czech Republic] was the greatest honor. Towards the end of my career, I realized it was the thing I enjoyed the most, representing my country,” Welsch tells FIBA.
It has been an emotional day for the Czech squad.
“I’m going to cry, I know,” coach Ginzburg said during the post game press conference. “I already cried today,” Welsch added.
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