The world champion finally reached the level that makes him so strong and Semih Sayginer showed a glimmer of his great class on the final day of the European cup. Dani Sánchez has actually lost his motivation, he says already for months. The future of the three fold world champion is uncertain in biliard. ,,I will always play billiard, but at this moment I do'nt play with my heart and with pleasure.''
He said in a live interview on Kozoom that he doesn't train a lot, that he will consider about the next years and probably will not appear anymore in all World Cups. ,,We're all talking about the fact that three-cushion needs a new impetus, but nobody does anything. Nothing has changed in the twenty years that I play. I love my sport, I will never leave it, but talking about earning money, we live from the money we ge from our personal sponsors. I must think about my wife and daughter. I can not walk into a supermarket and say, I am Dani Sánchez, I am world champion, can you give me bread and cheese to eat?''
In the Agipi arena, where he never has shon his best playing, Daniel Sánchez had his finest moment in the European cup this morning. The Spaniard beat Eddy Merckx 2-0 (15-3, 15-13) with 2.500 average.
Semih Sayginer sparkled at the other billiard against Michael Nilsson (15-5, 15-11), allowing FC Porto to win the bronze medal against Clichy Montmartre. The final score was 6-2 in this meeting, because Rui Costa won his match against Jean Reverchon 2-1 in the first session and Richard Bitalis beat the Portuguese Paolo Andrade 2-1.