OR Spain made a tragic course in Eurobasketstaying out of organizing from the group phase.
Spain completed its presence at Eurobasket, with worst position in her story in the event. Sergio Skarololos’ team took 17th place, staying below the Eurobasket of 1959.
In this event, Spain had finished 15th.
Spain has plenty of excuses for its poor Eurobasket presence, with the Skarolos team having significant absences, as well as being in a restructuring phase in general.
The old “golden” batch hung her jersey and the new “blood” of the Spaniards is slowly making its appearance. For Spanish media, however, there is no excuse.
‘Black Thursday’
With titles such as “The Golden Age of Spanish basketball was buried in Limassol” or “Spain lives on its black Thursday”, Spanish media welcomed the premature exclusion of their national team, which is a European champion.
Marca used a harsh language, saying: “Spain burns its golden age” and then stated “at the gates of the closed” Spyros Kyprianou “, a slab could be placed:” Here is Spain, the team that dominated Europe for 25 years. (86-90), which excluded her from Eurobasket.
“Mundo Deportivo” in its title stated: “Spain lives its black Thursday and is excluded.”
“El Espanol” argues: “Spain is crashing against Greece and closes the Skarolos era with its worst outcome of Eurobasket of all time” while “El Mundo”: “In cruelty and impaired, Greece excludes Spain from Eurobasket.”