By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
Spain and Pau Gasol are ready for the big final and the top candidate for the Eurobasket MVP award is ready to add one more gold medal to his collection, the third for him in the Spanish national team during the last six years.
As he said, speaking about his motive in the final: “Every gold medal is special and different. It has never been easy to win a European championship and tomorrow we will try to win by entering the game ready from the first minute. Yesterday we had the time to recover from the semifinal against France, to turn the page and think about the final”.
Meanwhile, Felipe Reyes is expected a fight: “Many years have passed since the final of Eurobasket 2003 in Sweden, when we faced also Lithuania (ed.note: and Spain lost). Tomorrow it will be a tough final against a very dangerous team that is playing very well and beat both rivals who have beaten us “.
Rudy Fernandez added: “The semifinal against France will be a great memory for ever but after the game we knew that our goal is to win the championship. Now we are calm because we have already qualified for the Olympic Games and we look forward for the final”.