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Chapter 753
Chapter 753
The Spanish men's basketball team is a real strong team!
They have enough brilliant historical records. 2007 European Championship runner-up, 2008 Olympic runner-up, 2009 European Championship champion, 2011 European Championship champion, 2012 Olympic runner-up, 2013 European Championship third runner-up, 2015 European Championship champion, 2016 Olympic third runner-up, 2017 European Cup runner-up.For more than ten years, Spain has been a presence that cannot be ignored in European teams. Although their failure to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic finals makes them seem to be on the decline, but among the European stars standing at the top must have Of these two teams, one is the rising Serbian men's basketball team, and the other is the well-established Spanish men's basketball team.
In fact, more than 20 years ago, the strength of the Spanish men's basketball team was not top-notch. The strength of the basketball team has always been second only to the existence of the United States.It is worth mentioning that the Spanish basketball atmosphere is as strong as the football atmosphere. The Matador Legion attaches great importance to the development of basketball and the training of young players.The level of basketball in Spain is not bad at all, and the La Liga basketball league is currently the second largest league in the world.Sabonis and Doncic have also played for Real Madrid, and the Galacticos have won four championships in La Liga in the past five years.Barcelona is not to be outdone, the Gasol brothers, Navarro, and Rubio all came from the famous Barcelona youth training.
Now, the Gasol brothers are slowly getting old, and the Hernangomez brothers have stood up.Although they have not yet reached the height of their predecessors, judging from the performance of this World Cup, these young people can bring a promising future to the Spanish men's basketball team.
However, this matador team was not favored by everyone before the start of this World Cup.Of course, it is not surprising that the Spanish men's basketball team can enter the quarter-finals and semi-finals. Everyone is not optimistic about them competing for the final championship.But for the Spanish men's basketball team, being regarded as incapable of winning the championship is already a very unfavorable performance.
As for the championship of this World Cup, in addition to the American men's basketball team, more people are optimistic about the Serbian men's basketball team.
Serbia is a European team that has gradually risen in recent years.After the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, after a period of trough in Serbia, a group of top stars emerged again, such as "Europe's No. [-] point guard" Teodosic, King star Bogdanovic, "Giant" Bo Class, last season NBA center Jokic.
At the same time, Serbia's performance in Europe and the world has also begun to improve steadily. In the 2009 Men's Basketball European Championship, Serbia narrowly lost to Spain in the final. Arrow beat Spain, avenged their opponents and helped the team reach the semi-finals.In the first two World Series, people saw that the American men's basketball team still occupies a dominant position in the world basketball world. At the same time, everyone also remembered the Serbian men's basketball team. In the 2014 Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Olympic finals, they stood opposite the American men's basketball team. them.Defeated in the two finals and ranked first in the power list before the start of this World Cup, everyone is optimistic about the comeback of the strong Serbian men's basketball team.
It's not surprising that people think this way.The lineup of the Spanish men's basketball team in this World Cup is indeed a bit sad, especially those fans who have experienced the glory of the Matador Legion, feel even more sad.
In the two Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, the Spanish men's basketball team defeated all the previous opponents and stood in front of the American men's basketball team.Of course, it is very difficult to beat the dream team, and it was after the dream team was defeated by the Argentine men's basketball team.However, under the leadership of Navarro and Saul, the Matador Legion caused great trouble for the opponent.Now, Navarro has retired, Gasol is also old, and Spain does not have the strength at that time.
In the current Spanish men's basketball team, due to the absence of Gasol due to injury, Xiaojia has naturally become the leader of this team.Not long ago, Gasol Jr. won the NBA Eastern Championship with the Raptors.But in the finals, he met the Thunder where An Luo was, and unfortunately lost.His desire for the championship must be very eager.Although Xiaojia is no longer at his peak, he still has full confidence in himself and this team.When talking about this World Cup, Gasol Jr. said:
"I want to be successful in China, like to win medals. Since my first World Series, I have won a lot of games with the national team. But, I also want to keep winning and make history with these players. "
In addition to Gasol, another core player of this Spanish men's basketball team is Rubio.Rubio, nicknamed the Golden Boy, has been with the Spanish national team for many years. He once reached the top of Europe with this team and won the Olympic silver medal.It is worth mentioning that when Rubio played with the Spanish men's basketball team, he was a junior in the team.But things are starting to look a little different now.Since 1999, this is the first time that the Spanish team has faced neither Gasol nor Navarro nor Rodriguez.Not long ago, Mirotic and Ibaka also announced their withdrawal, and Rubio and Gasol became veritable veterans of this team.
Today, the Spanish men's basketball team has advanced strongly to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Rubio naturally hopes to reach the top four with the team and even win the gold medal again.At the beginning of the group stage, Rubio's attitude was still very firm.
"I know there are a lot of teams that are looking for this title, before it was limited to Spain, the United States and Argentina, but now there are more teams that can compete for the title. Now to win the championship, you need to beat the United States, beat Spain , defeating France, Australia, etc., these teams have the opportunity to hit the final championship. However, we also want to achieve the best results, we have more experience, and we will not pass up such opportunities. "
What's interesting is that at the very beginning, Rubio predicted that the US men's basketball team would win the championship without any suspense.However, due to the withdrawal of many big-name players in the US men's basketball team, more teams have a chance.
"It's like a good movie, I used to predict that America would win in the end, but not long ago, the ending of this movie seemed to change. As the plot deepens, you don't know what will happen at the end, anything will happen. It could happen."
(End of this chapter)