Garbajosa: “This is one of the great historical feats of Spanish sport”

President of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), Jorge Garvajosa said this MondayAfter arriving in Madrid for the Spanish team from Berlin, winning the gold medal against France in EuroBasket The final is “one of the feats in the history of Spanish sport”.

“The best European Championship I have seen in many years, full of individual stars and we were immersed in a period of transition with many difficultiesacknowledged the former Spanish international who insisted on highlighting the “greatest sporting feat” Spain has achieved in the tournament.

For Garbajosa, Eurobasket was the culmination of a ‘journey’ that began ‘five years ago’. Admitted that he wanted to “squeeze great legends” to “prepare for the arrival” of moments like thisto enable the team to face all the difficulties it has suffered “with list preparation and injuries” since the start of the concentration in August.

“I had to be honest with my fans and myself to live up to expectations,” said the FEB president. We will build a champion team for future World Cups and Olympics, but with the finals achieved in the lower categories it is clear that we are on the right track. “

The key for Garbajosa was the day Spain played Lithuania.We dreamed everything by qualifying for the World Cup, being competitive, going through the first phase, dreaming from there and finally beating Sabonis and company Lithuania. I wanted to guide them to compete with each other.”.

In addition, he recalled the words of team captain Rudy Fernández before starting EuroBasket and praised the gold medal-winning team.They are not just a team or a family, they are great players and very special people., and people should always believe in them, no matter how low the expectations are. “

Likewise, he appreciated the “strange coincidence” of having a pair of brothers on the winning Spanish team.Hernangómez, like the Gasol family, had a very good family, lots of basketball, and in the case of Juancho and Willy, their roles weren’t easy after being under the Gasol family.Taking that leadership in a tournament full of doubts was complicated. We are very pleased to have them lead a winning project that will serve the NBA and its franchises well.”

“Scariolo is a great coach and the tactical variations are endlessthe guys from the window who are the base, veterans and youngsters like Joel, Pradilla and Usman,” Garbajosa emphasized.