Vol 3 Chapter 582: Matador Corps

The Spanish men's basketball team is a real strong team!
　　 They have a sufficiently brilliant historical record. 2007 European Championship runner-up, 2008 Olympic runner-up, 2009 European Championship champion, 2011 European Championship champion, 2012 Olympic runner-up, 2013 European Championship runner-up, 2015 European Championship runner-up, 2016 Olympic Games third runner-up, Third place in the 2017 European Cup. For more than ten years, Spain has always been a presence in European teams that cannot be ignored. Although they missed the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic finals so that they seem to be beginning to decline, there must be some who stand at the top of the European stars. Of these two teams, one is the rising Serbian men's basketball team, and the other is the Spanish men's basketball team with deep heritage.
In fact, more than 20 years ago, the Spanish men's basketball team was not first-rate, but the arrogant Gasol and "Bomb" Navarro worked together to help the Spanish men's basketball team win the first world championship, so many years later. The strength of the Spanish men's basketball team has always been second only to the United States. It is worth mentioning that the Spanish basketball atmosphere is as strong as the football atmosphere. The Matador Corps attaches great importance to the development of basketball and the training of young players. The Spanish basketball level is not bad at all, and the La Liga Basketball League is currently the second largest league in the world. Sabonis and Doncic have also played for Real Madrid, and the Galaxy Battleship has won four championships in La Liga in the past five years. Barcelona are not to be outdone, the Gasol brothers, Navarro, Rubio are all from the famous Barcelona youth training.
　　 Now, the Gasol brothers are slowly getting older, and the Hernangomez brothers stepped forward. Although they have not yet reached the height of their predecessors, judging from the performance of this World Cup, these young people can bring a promising future to the Spanish men's basketball team.
　　 However, this matador corps was not favored by everyone before the start of this World Cup. Of course, it is not surprising that the Spanish men's basketball team can enter the quarterfinals and quarterfinals. Everyone is not optimistic about their fight for the final championship. But for the Spanish men's basketball team, it is regarded as incapable of winning the championship, which is already a very unfavorable performance.
　　 For the title of this World Cup, in addition to the US men's basketball, more people are optimistic about the Serbian men's basketball.
　　Serbia is a European team that has gradually emerged in recent years. After the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, Serbia experienced a trough for a period of time, and once again a group of top players emerged, such as "Europe's No. 1 point guard" Teodosic, Kings star Bogdanovic, "Giant" Bo Ben, last season's NBA center Jokic.
At the same time, Serbia's performance in Europe and the world has also begun to improve steadily. In 2009, Serbia lost to Spain in the final of the 2009 Men's Basketball Championship. The following year's Men's Basketball World Championship Teodosic crossed the three-point line. Arrows killed Spain and helped the team reach the semifinals while avenging their opponents. In the previous two World Series, people saw that the U.S. men’s basketball team still dominates the world basketball world. At the same time, everyone also remembers the Serbian men’s basketball team. Both the 2014 Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Olympic finals stood opposite the United States men’s basketball team they. With two defeats in the finals and ranking first in the power list before the start of the World Cup, everyone is optimistic about the comeback of the strong Serbian men's basketball team.
　　 It’s not surprising that people think this way. The lineup of the Spanish men's basketball team in this World Cup is indeed a bit sad, especially those fans who have experienced the glory of the Matador Corps.
　　 In the two Olympic Games of the year, the Spanish men's basketball team defeated all the opponents in front and stood in front of the American men's basketball team. Of course, it is very difficult to beat the Dream Team, and it is still after the Dream Team was defeated by the Argentine Men's Basketball Team. However, the Matador Corps still caused huge trouble for the other side under the leadership of Navarro and everyone Thor. Now that Navarro is retired, Gasol is also old, and Spain does not have the strength at the time.
　　 Now the Spanish men's basketball team, due to the absence of Gasol due to injury, Xiaojia naturally became the leader of this team. Not long ago, Gasol won the NBA Eastern Championship with the Raptors. But in the finals, he met An Luo's Thunder, and unfortunately lost. His desire for the championship must be very urgent. Although Xiaojia is no longer at his peak, he still has confidence in himself in this team. When talking about this World Cup, Gasol said:
"I want to succeed in China, such as getting medals. Since my first participation in the World Series, I have won many matches in the national team. However, I still want to continue to win and create history with these players. "
　　 In addition to Gasol, another core player of this Spanish men's basketball team is Rubio. Rubio, nicknamed the Golden Boy, has been playing with the Spanish national team for many years. He has been on the top of Europe with this team and won the silver medal in the Olympics. It is worth mentioning that before Rubio was a junior in the team when he played with the Spanish men's basketball team. But now things are starting to be a little different. Since 1999, this is the first time the Spanish team has faced neither Gasol, Navarro nor Rodriguez. Not long ago, Mirotic and Ibaka also announced their withdrawal. Rubio and Gasol became veritable veterans of this team.
　　 Now that the Spanish men's basketball team has advanced into the World Cup quarter-finals, Rubio naturally hopes to join the team in the top four and even win the gold medal again. At the beginning of the group stage, Rubio's attitude was still very firm.
"I know that many teams are eyeing this championship. In the past, the championship was limited to Spain, the United States and Argentina, but now there are more teams that can compete for the championship. To win the championship now, you need to beat the United States and Spain. , Defeating France, Australia, etc., these teams have the opportunity to hit the final championship. However, we also want to achieve the best results, we have more experience, and we will not give up such opportunities. "
　　 Interestingly, at the very beginning, Rubio predicted that the US men’s basketball team would win the championship without any suspense. However, because many big-name players in the US men's basketball team withdrew, more teams have a chance.
"It's like a wonderful movie. I predicted that the United States will win in the end. But not long ago, the ending of this movie seemed to have changed. As the plot progresses, you don't know what will happen in the end. It may happen."