• Narration: So we saw the celebrations

At 5:55 p.m., two hours late, the world champions landed at Barajas Airport among water arches created by the fire department. The tired faces predominated after a flight of more than ten hours. Rudy Fernández, escorted by Sergio Scariolo and Jorge Garbajosa, was carrying that cup that at the beginning of the championship seemed so distant. The celebration, which took place until the wee hours of the morning in a well-known restaurant in the capital, had just begun. The true mass bath, in the Plaza de Colón before 20,000 people, developed between emotional speeches and countless songs.

"We have bundled it up very large," said Ricky Rubio, who gave way to a very joking Marc Gasol: "In the Toronto celebration they didn't leave the mike, I don't know why," laughed the Spanish pivot. "When we don't win, the day it is, I hope you also support us," the Raptors player launched to the public delivery of Columbus.

«This team has never given up when things were screwed. Lowering the arms has never been an option, ”commented a very cautious Scariolo, who only the manteo and the hesitation of his boys took a smile. Llull and Colom, meanwhile, remembered the heroes of the windows, those that made it possible for Spain to take the ticket for this World Cup.

Claver, the main representative of that wall that has been the Spanish defense throughout the tournament, was in charge of sending a message to all those who doubted: «It seemed that we were going to lose in the first phase, then it seemed that we were going to lose in the crosses, but in the end we are world champions ».

Several hours before, while players and coaching staff undertook the corresponding visits to the authorities, Columbus began to take color. Thousands of people, dressed in Ricky, Marc or Rudy t-shirts, gathered in front of the stage to which the heroes of Beijing would go hours later. Applause for Pepu Hernández, who thirteen years ago shouted that of "ba-lon-ces-to" in the same place, live music, giant balls and shouts of euphoria when images of the final were projected before Argentina.

In the Palacio de la Zarzuela, among the rounds of consultations that the King is carrying out with the political leaders for a possible investiture, the expedition arrived at about 19:30, received by Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. «You make us very proud. What you have shown is not only sport but of very positive human values ​​for society, ”commented the King just before the traditional selfie of the victories, always in charge of Sergio Llull.

Minutes later, Pedro Sánchez posed next to the national team, which already has two stars on his chest, the same as Brazil and only one of the missing USSR. «I want to thank you all. Thank you for bringing the colors of Spain to the top, ”said the acting president.

But the players, far from being aware of the speeches of rigor, had fun on social networks. Willy Hernángomez and Llull summoned the fans, while Marc Gasol warned with a video of Freddie Mercury of what was to come. Everyone kept their NBA champion ring celebration with the Raptors in the retina. In that rúa, the Spanish pivot went viral by drinking a bottle of wine at once. This time - just - it was a can of beer. "It's very exciting to see people so happy and happy," smiled Marc, who became the second player in history to win the NBA ring and the World Cup on the same season on Sunday.

Another of the protagonists who has accumulated more praise, Sergio Scariolo, also NBA champion with the Raptors, was more cautious throughout the party. "We weren't planning to be here," said the Italian, who returned to throw flowers at his boys: "These players have given a master class of sacrifice spirit every day." Some players who returned to live in Madrid, thirteen years later, a celebration of gold.

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