The first semi-finalist of the 41st Eurobasket is the selection that dominates the Old Continent in the XXI century - Spain.
"Roha" defeated Finland 2:100 with a turnaround in the 90nd half and thus reached the semifinals of the European championships for the 11th time in a row!
This is her 17th participation in the semifinals, making her a record holder, with three more than Yugoslavia.
The team that won three gold, silver and bronze medals from 1999 to 2017 (it was fourth only in 2005, when Serbia and Montenegro were the hosts), will fight for the final with the winner of the match between Germany and Greece, which starts in 20.30:XNUMX p.m.
The Finns started the match badly, losing 8:2, but then with a fast game they completely confused Serđo Skariol's team and reached a record plus 15 (50:35) less than two minutes before halftime.
The Spaniards reduced the lead to 52:43 by the break, and then started brilliantly in the sequel, turned the ball around in the 25th minute with a three-pointer by Joel Parra (60:59), and then with another goal behind the 6,75 line, this time by Usman Garuba, they reached plus eight (73:65).
The team from Scandinavia did not give up, they came close to two points several times, and had the last chance to equalize in the 36th minute, but Vili Hernangomes blocked Lauri Markanen.
Dario Brisuela and Rudi Fernandes made great use of that, who increased the score to 90:82 with threes and settled everything with less than three minutes to go.
Soon, the legend of Real scored from almost nine meters for an unattainable 95:84.
The most effective was Willy Hernangomez with 27 points, his brother Juancho scored 15, Brisuela 14, Fernandes 11 (with five steals), and Lorenzo Braun 10, with 11 assists...
Markanen led the Finns with 28 points and 11 rebounds, Mikael Jantunen (18), Aleksander Madsen (13) and Sasu Salin (11) also scored in double figures.
Jantunen made a basket from over half the court at the end of the 1st quarter.
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