If the victory in the 2006 World Cup responded to logic, as it announced the emergence of a legendary team full of stars beginning its fullness, it is difficult to explain what Spain has achieved 13 years later in Beijing. And that, that irrational factor, that surprise for all but them, that us against the world, is what turns success into deed.

The gold of Japan made us feel capable young people. A stage in which one lives more than one enjoys, one advances more than one reflects, one coils more than one surpasses, one drinks more than one savors. A triumph that invites you to look to the future and dream about what is to come. Today's is a totally different title, one of brilliant maturity, with fewer resources than then, but more intelligent; with more defects, but more wisdom to hide them; With less alcohol, but better brands. A victory that invites us to look at the past and think about how the hell we got here. Saitama made them Hercules , but Beijing saw them from Han Solo . The first makes you a god, the second makes you unforgettable. Hard to choose

The tournament has served to radically change the half-team overview. Scariolo , who in glorious times was often seen more as an anchor than as a plus, has turned a team into a team on the fly. The surprise maneuver of putting Oriola in the quintet of the final to, for the first time in the tournament, turn Scola into the 39-year-old who is and not the 20-year-old who seemed, was just the finishing touch to a tournament round. Rudy recalled that having him on your team one day makes up for hating him a thousand when he goes against you. Marc appeared when he was most needed, ending that growing whisper that the selection is not the NBA. It was not: in the decisive section it was better. Claver , the object of so much derision for so many years, became the leader of a defense that guided us to the title. The heroes of the Windows , who not by secondary during the World Cup are no longer fundamental in gold: without them, we would have spent September watching TV with reluctance.

And Ricky Rubio . Above all, Ricky Rubio. World champion as MVP of the tournament, the leader we imagined when he appeared in our lives at such a speed that we were not able to give him room or time. A fantastic player, an exceptional human being. The face of a deed that reason discarded, but the heart has become as real as eternal.

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