The Spanish National Basketball Team is the Big Surprise of the European Championship So Far – in A Negative Sense. The Defending Champion Has To Go Home After The Preliminary Round. The Press Reacts Accordingly Vehemently.
The Almost Unthinkable Hasated. Spain, the Re haves Champion, who has triumphed foures in the past six European Championships, Has Already Been Eliminated After the Preliminary Round. The 86:90 Defeat in the Decisive Fifth Group Match Against Greece Made the Historic Super-Gau Perfect. Never Before Had the Iberians Said Goodbye So Early.
After Three Defeats in Five Games, The Spaniards Finished only fifth in Group C in Limassol Behind Greece, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia. The Domestic Press Reacted Accordingly. “A Farewell that Hurts,” Headlined the Well-Known Sports Newspaper Marca , Among Other Things, and Added: “The low point has been reached. Now it’s time to get up again.”
The Spanish National Basketball Team Was Eliminated From The European Championship Earlier than Ever Before
“The End of an era”
Marca Writes After the First Preliminary Round Exit: “Changes are Imminent for Spain. The National Team Has Played the worst European Championship in Its 90-Year History. The Loss of Competitivityness is Obvious, as is the need to Reinvent Itself with Young Players Without.” Mundo Deportivo Summed It Up more Soberly: “Spain Fails Against Greece and Goes Home.”
At the same time, the end so mean the end for coach sergio scariolo. For the 64-Year-Old, It was the Second Farewell as Spanish National Coach: He Had Already Resigned in 2012, Only to Return in 2015. “The end of an era,” Wrote AS . “The National Team Says Goodbye Early Despite A Hard-Fought Game Against Greece Until The End. Scariolo Ends A Memorable Career With A Blemish.”
“Spain is eliminated early from the European Championship. A catastrophe that is not diminished by the last effort against the greeks,” Added as . Scariolo Himelf Said Goodbye with Emotional and HopeFul Words: “Nobody Dreams of Losing Their Last Game. I would Have Liked to Win It. But I Couldn’t Be Prouder of My Players’ EFFORTS. The future is promising.”