The great challenge of the Laso era

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These days marked the 10th anniversary of the first stone of the Laso era, the great story of resurrection and reunion with his precious past in the Real Madrid basketball section.

That, no one forgets, he came from such dramatic times that someone toyed with the liquidation of him.

A decade of that initiatory Cup at Sant Jordi, snatched from Barça against the odds, of which only

remains in the white squad .

21 titles later, including two Euroleagues, the project faces its greatest challenge.

Not only how to reinvent himself so that the inertia of success does not stop, but rather how to do it so as not to allow the antagonistic rival to inaugurate his own time at the hands of

.

Because, all the signs indicate that the change of cycle is unstoppable.

It's been exactly two years since Real Madrid won a major title (two Super Cups as spoils), something unusual lately.

Meanwhile, two Cups and a Barça League (in addition to being runner-up in Europe), all three with white as the victim.

A victim, moreover, widely surpassed.

It was in Granada where, finally,

's team at least competed, until practically the last possession after a defense exercise as agonizing as anyone can remember.

It could be said that in the touch of that tray inexplicably missed by

the coin was in the air of an unforgettable final for its intensity more than for its basketball.

Although, at the moment of truth, Saras' balance will be remembered more than the detail: he has prevailed in 10 of his 13 confrontations against the eternal rival since he came to the culé bench in the summer of 2020.

So you can talk about frustration, of course.

But also green shoots for Real Madrid.

It depends on the perspective.

Objectively, with the return of

and the renewal of

, Laso never had so many weapons for reinvention.

Although, it cannot be ignored that the most decisive types of him are still the most veteran.

And each time

have fewer boasts left, fewer deadly arrows in their quiver.

Expanding the focus, the winter of infections and cancellations has been more cruel with Madrid than with Barça.

The whites went to the Cup after 11 games in a month (they will be 15 in 35 days when they visit Kaunas on Thursday).

That they not only exhausted him and broke his rhythm, they also harmed him physically.

Although only

was injured

in the semifinals), there were a handful of guys who arrived in Granada in cotton wool.

For Barça, for its part, beyond the great handicap of

' injury , the bulk of its matches postponed due to the Christmas outbreaks of covid will arrive in the coming weeks.

With a title already in your pocket, any slump to the playoffs will be easier to digest.

There, his leadership in Europe and in the ACB, recovered precisely after ruining Real Madrid over and over again, could be in danger.

Saras has done it six times at the WiZink, in the last three, always exceeding 80 points.

That's why the Cup final can be a change in trend.

This time, he "sweated blood."

acknowledged

fortune also had a lot to do with it.

This time, Real Madrid was closer than ever.

Beyond the fact that he has many problems to solve -basketball-wise the direction of the game seems the most obvious of all-, Laso's great challenge, perhaps the greatest of his entire era, is to know, between now and May, when everything will be decide if, with these 15 guys, he has enough willpower to dispute the hegemony that Barça intends to establish.

If it is a question of men, of mentality or of pure basketball.

Because, what seems clear is that, in all of Europe, only the group of Saras is objectively superior to his Real Madrid.

And that is, at the same time, very good and very bad news.

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