The new Spain dawns with a festival

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The new Spain does not want mirrors, it seeks its own path, to earn respect, so that the rest's desire for revenge after so many years of tyranny is less.

And there is no other recipe than effort, humility, courage.

May each battle become a vindication.

The start of the Eurobasket was a positive test, a victory for the self-affirmation of those who sense a future in which it is only possible to grow.

Against the weakest rival, yes, the selection was a roller.

To ask, perhaps a little more competitiveness for what is to come.

[114-87: Narration and statistics]

There was no trace of stress and that was the first positive note of the Spanish dawn - so many times hesitant that it was a tradition - in a tournament in which he is not, not even remotely favorite.

At the break, when

hit the eighth triple of the afternoon in Tbilisi,

's men were already flying.

The success, which can not always be counted on, was part of the sensations.

It seemed too simple because Spain wanted it that way.

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The quintet included some tracks.

Scariolo will focus on Juancho more at four and

, from the bench, as a replacement for

.

Everything will depend on the physique of the rival, but this way Spain becomes more dynamic.

It was proven by a Bulgaria that could barely tickle the

schoolboy , until he was annulled by Willy.

His reference, the dapper lefty

, rowed too much alone.

The second unit was the one that came with the lace, when the game still had some strength.

A second quintet full of freshness, dynamism and aggressiveness appears on the roadmap.

With the re -fished

at the controls -he nailed a triple as soon as he left, in case anyone was in doubt- and with Garuba dominating the paint, accompanied by

's point of experience , who, on the day he equaled

in caps, awarded other of his fleeting lessons: 14 points in 16 minutes.

They were the ones who gave the next arreon to a Bulgaria that was reeling like a famous boxer.

The impudence of Pradilla

But when it comes to talking about impudence, nobody like

.

The hand has been the great revelation of the summer.

He saw the train go by and jumped on it.

He showed it in the irruption of him, another rookie, eight points almost from a run, with an improper temper of his 21 years.

It was then

who finished surrendering to the Bulgarians and Juancho, who is clearing away ghosts, who placed the maximum before heading to the locker room (57-35).

In the second part the tension disappeared (32-31 was the part of the third act...), so the test, since this first phase is still a prolegomenon of the fierce round of 16 that awaits in Berlin, was not worth it for so much.

A give and take in which the advantage never fell.

Lorenzo Brown continued to increase his performance, a stupendous baptism, full of promise.

Willy and Juancho expanding their statistics and the rest accumulating minutes and experience.

This Spain in which it was sensed a lack of points shot up to 114, with seven players above 10. And, even so, the Bulgarian weakness made it not taste so good.

This time Spain does not intend to be feared now, what it wants is to be respected.

And only with serious exercises like the one at the start of the Eurobasket will he lay the first stone of his goal.

Saturday will be another story against local Georgia.

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