Rafael Nadal, 22 years. World No. 1 and, since yesterday, Olympic champion. I can not say more. Can not say more. 6-3,7-6 (2) ,6-3 incontestable. Recognizing also the silver medalist Fernando Gonzalez, who remember, has 3 Olympic medals, each with a metal: Gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004 and silver in Beijing now. Fernando Grande, Unique and unrivaled Rafa.
Then came the surprise medal in Beijing for the English delegation. In track cycling, and Escudero in Athens, Leire Olaberria won the bronze in giving the stroke score in the final sprint, and causing excitement in all its tears on the podium. Mourn every time I see an athlete on the podium, comes to my head the amount of things that are behind a medal, effort, sacrifice and suffering, just to get on that podium. Admirable.
Spain basketball offers us in just 36 hours the two sides of a coin. Against U.S.
we got a resounding defeat, by 37 points. The defeat, on matters of game has multiple explanations. It is impossible to win power in this (in this and in almost everything), with a defense so lie still and uncoordinated, and fearing an attack sleepy, and 28 turnovers, with 28 28 counterattacks and their easy baskets for the Americans, almost all mates of scandal, to give them a total of 56 points. This is impossible, not winning, but losing no less than 30 points.
But the causes of defeat go beyond these tactics. As we have said time and again in this blog, and commented on http://porquesomosdelestu.blogspot.com the mental issue is paramount in this sport, and more in an Olympics. Spain came to fear the opponent, trying to adapt the game for the Americans instead of proposing how to play your rival, without joy in the body and freshness in mind, without believing in its potential and quality.
to a hypothetical end we will not fold our with the U.S. but as Aito not change the mentality of the team, the final hypothetical not even conceive of taking a complicated Croatia ahead with a lot of heart and enough quality, and certainly in semifinals Lithuania, which as always in the big occasion, has played an effective and high quality basketball, with great notes and a strong defense, and above all, a spectacular Jasikevicius and Kleiza.
Some will say that today against Angola (1998-1950) have been redeemed our sins. Nothing could be further from the truth. Today's match does not help anything, only of Pronatura to new systems and both offensive and defensive variants. As much as the stars are shining with good numbers, Garbajosa and Navarro have finally given height, and has been massacred by rival until the quarter will not see the real Spain we have, if Spain is the champion , or is fearful of Spain, because today, neither ours nor the Africans have played an Olympic game.
As a final note, and as we expand on this issue. Spain won the silver medal in sailing in the 49er class. A silver medal that tastes like gold, and that legally should be of gold, because the Danes won using the boat in Croatia, despite the English resource and support from other rivals to the resource, Danes have been proclaimed champions. There is still hope that an action brought by Spain to the TAS. We'll see .....
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