• Chronicle: Spain flirts with the horror against Iran
  • Marc Gasol. "Worried about why? Learning to suffer is fine"

Spain is lazy, it's nothing new. Going full of doubts to the key party or after some prolegomena of infarction, is part of its DNA. The selection of the prodigious era, the one with so many medals, likes to hesitate, to spice it up, so this time it was not going to be less. Although it seems difficult to believe with such a kind group a priori with which to start a World Cup. Sweat before Tunisia, Puerto Rico and Iran , who would say.

Now there is no network. Or it is minimal. A defeat on Friday against Italy (14.30, Four) in Wuhan, would practically mean goodbye to the World Cup (not the Games, as Spain has already secured the Olympic Qualifier). It would be necessary to defeat Serbia on Sunday and wait for mathematics. A victory against Belinelli and Gallinari, on the other hand, grants the pass to the quarterfinals. "That has always happened in the national team," Scariolo recalled just seconds after the haunting spectacle against Iran. He and all the players showed a radically different speech security than the track, where the wrists followed tremulous.

Just keep an eye on past events. Examples are plenty. Perhaps the start of the European in Poland in 2009 was the most incredible, and then crowned with gold. In the brand new Eurobasket of 2015, some free throws missed by Schroeder avoided the tragedy and then came ecstasy in Lille. In the Rio Games, two defeats to start (Croatia and Brazil) ... and then bronze. «It is the moment of leadership, of the players with experience, with talent and with the habit of playing this kind of games. They will mark the path and have the task of teaching others what direction to take. And as they have always done, I have no doubt that they will do it, ”asked the coach.

That the requirement reacts yes or yes; get the best out of a group with too many questions yet. "We will have to do many things better, we are not getting practically anything, " said Colom. «When shots do not enter, you must continue throwing with confidence. And do not start occupying the interior space. You have to break the lid and go up, ”Marc asked, something serious when he was mentioned that concern. For the pivot, what happened so far are just lessons. "Learning to suffer is fine," he cleared.

Another cause for concern is the physical state of Rudy Fernández , with a sprain (slight, depending on the part) yesterday on his left ankle. Or Juancho's, who suffered a blow to the knee although he returned briskly to the court. "It is more fright than anything else, but hey, let's see how I get up tomorrow ...", recognized the forward. Even an accumulation of minutes of the referents that surely did not enter the plans.

"We have confidence in competing against higher level rivals," said Scariolo, who acknowledged with a half smile that he had been studying his countrymen for some time. Other times it happened. Will Spain bring out the best of itself at the moment of truth?

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