Even without Legends: Earn 10 medals in the last 11 Eurobaskets

circulate twitter funny phrase “death, taxes, victory” Spain‘, in reference to the inevitability of life. In fact, since 1999, the team has won his 10th medal, an absolutely historic winning streak in European basketball. We’re waiting to find out what those 10 metals will look like in the Grand Finals this Sunday. Francethree were gold, three were silver, and three were bronze.

Given the existence of legends such as the following is what would happen if the previous ones were more or less expected Pau Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Marc Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Felipe Reyes, Jose Manuel Calderon, to name just a few, the most surprising thing this summer, because no one expected these Spanish players to achieve anything great. In fact, in the pre-championship rankings released by FIBA, I was 7th or 8th, so I had little choice.

A group led by S.Erg ScaglioloBut it shows that it far exceeded expectations. He has achieved that basically based on his team play and competitiveness.The heart these players have shown is impressive and thanks to that, they are one of the greatest footballers in the history of the Spanish team. There is no doubt that he has accomplished one of his feats. “Before the championship, no one was counting on us, no one was trusting us, but in the locker room we saw each other as champions,” he said yesterday. Juancho Hernangomez.

And if these Spanish players deserve all the credit, the coaches must also be mentioned. Sergio Scariolobecause he again builds a solid and competitive team and gives real match management recitals. became a medal-winning coach. Alexander GomelskBefore legends like i, the legendary coach of the Soviet Union, and DThey use Ivković, Alexander Nikolic or Antonio Diaz Miguel.

it is also necessary to mention Rudy Fernandezwith this new metal he already has 11 in his career, matching what Pau Gasol has achieved in the men’s category (in the women’s, Laia Palau achieved 12)