Spain had to settle for silver in the Eurobasket After falling in the final for a tight 65-67 before one Belgium that seemed dead in the absence of four minutes to finish the game, but thanks to a 2-16 partial He turned the meeting to revalidate the continental title.
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Alignments
| (19+18+15+13): Ortiz (3), Torrens (3), Pueyo (11), Carrera (10), Fam (9)-initialquintet-, Ginzo (11), Araujo (-), Buenavida (4), Etxarri (-), Ayuso (11), Vilaró (3) and Martín (-). |
| (18+13+18+18): Vanloo (4), Allemand (19), Delaere (9), Meesseman (16), Linskens (17), -quinta Inicial-, Ramette (2), Claesens (-), Mununga (), Massey (), Vervaet (), Lisawa Mbaka (-) y Joris (-). |
A very cruel ending for Miguel Méndez and his players, To which the last section of the game was eternal, suffering one of the most unlikely comebacks remembered in European basketball in recent times.
The fifth Eurobasket for Spain escaped After a party in which the national team not only planted the great favorite for the title, but also dominated it for much of the final. Mike Thibault players lived an aciaga night from Triple (6/22), but they managed to resist thanks to the nth exhibition of Emma Meesseman (16 points and 11 rebounds), and to the inner power of Kyara Linskens, that ended with 17 goals.
The two Belgian stars were accompanied by an excelsa Julie German, Author of 19 points and one of the architects of the comeback, scoring a triple transcendental to which she accompanied with another two -point basket.
Spain dominated for many minutes
After a first quarter that ended in Tables (18-18), Spain managed to leave for rest with six points of advantage (37-31) after leaving Belgium at 13 points in the second period. Méndez's had come to send for nine goals (36-27), And despite the fact that the Belgians reacted something in the third quarter, Spain managed to enter the last assault ahead (52-49).
Spain sent for many minutes in the final against Belgium / EFE
An impossible part
Spain was expanding its advantage thanks to the defense and mistake of its rivals, which were unable to score a shot in play in the First Ecuador of the room. A basket of Helena Pueyo in the absence of four minutes (63-51) seemed to be definitive. But then the disaster came, totally unexpected. Spain only scored a basket until the end of the game, and Belgium resurfaced with a 2-16 partial that allowed him to revalidate the title and win the second Eurobasket in its history.
The disappointment and tears flooded the Spanish team, which saw As a final escaped that was practically sealed. And after the game for the title, there is a double feeling. The first, of disappointment for having wasted a golden opportunity to have added the fifth European championship in the history of Spanish female basketball.
Belgium added his second Eurobasket / FIBA
Reasons to trust a successful future
But the hard defeat against Belgium does not hide that Spain is here again. That the group made by Miguel Méndez, with a multitude of new faces, is already prepared to give us short, medium and long term. In fact, this Eurobasket is already the first joy that this group of players gives. The bitter taste of silver will diminish as the days progress. But it is more than clear that Awa Fam, Aina Ayuso, Helena Pueyo, Elena Buenavida or Raquel Carrera They will give us countless joys in the next championships.
