Sergio Scariolo gets a few pebbles off his shoe

The words of Sergio Scariolo

Sergio Scariolo after winning his fourth European title as coach of Spain took a few pebbles off his shoe.

“It’s easy to say I’m extremely happy, we arrived here as eighth in the power ranking, step by step we have climbed back up and with this incredible team we have fought against top level teams full of champions. At the beginning no one but us believed in it, we were not considered for example among the stars, no one was giving one of our players in the top 5 and that’s why I’m happy for the guys, the way we played basketball: great defense, great offense with all the limitations we could have. Played as a team, overcoming difficult movements not with individuality.”

“From day one we had an idea, we carried it out and I can only be happy about that. This victory has a special, different flavor. There is so much work behind it, starting with the work with youth programs and the federation. We have been working to prepare this new generation, mainly for FIBA windows, but the vision has taken us far and we are happy about that. We were confident that the work was taking us in the right direction.”