Argentina VS Spain

[ALVAREZ6]

@ Garbajosa

[angel_luv]

ty for the pics Alvie.

[ALVAREZ6]

ty for the pics Alvie.

Thank Yahoo.

[spurschick]

Manu Ginóbili: "Vamos a crecer durante el torneo"

Basically Manu saying that they haven't played well since they left Argentina, but they know they can play better and, while he doesn't expect them to be at their best against France in the opener, he expects them to get better during the tournament. He also says that they really need to work on defense and that will be their focus in the last 4 days of training.

Luego de la derrota de Argentina ante España por 87-66 en la Copa Singapur, el bahiense se mostró preocupado pr el rendiemiento del equipo. "No estoy para nada tranquilo, porque no jugamos bien desde que salimos de la Argentina, pero tampoco soy pesimista, ya que podemos levantar el nivel", explicó.

La derrota de Argentina ante España (87-66), la segunda en siete días, trajo preocupación en algunos hombres del conjunto del Oveja Hernández. Emanuel Ginóbili, la gran figura del equipo, dijo: "No estoy para nada tranquilo, porque no jugamos bien desde que salimos de la Argentina, pero tampoco soy pesimista, ya que podemos levantar el nivel".

"Me hubiese gustado terminar mejor la preparación, pero confío que a la hora de los partidos del Mundial vamos a jugar mejor, vamos a crecer durante el torneo", indicó. Y agregó que "seguramente en el debut contra Francia no estaremos en el mejor nivel, pero sí vamos a acercarnos a lo que pretendemos".

Con respecto al funcionamiento del equipo en estos partidos previos al inicio del Mundial, Manu comentó: "Nos falta equilibrio, pero la prioridad es la defensa. Si defendés bien, te ponés positivo y eso se traslada al ataque. En la ofensivas podés fallar, pero no en defensa. Eso es lo que debemos buscar en los 4 días de entrenamiento que nos quedan en Sendai".

Por su parte, Sergio Hernández comentó: "Está claro que España en los dos partidos fue muy superior a nosotros. Nos superó tan claramente que nos sacó de la cancha, pero esto no lo hizo sólo con nosotros. Ellos están invictos en su preparación y ganaron casi siempre por mucha diferencia".

"Contra ellos nunca pudimos llegar en juego al cierre del partido. Seguimos fallando en ataque, pero la paciencia y el pase extra no sirven si no conseguimos tiros con ventaja. No esperaba que nos sucediera esto. Dependerá de nuestra inteligencia para encontrar la solución y llegar al Mundial de la mejor manera", agregó.

El sábado próximo Argentina debutará en el Mundial de Japón ante Francia, a las 7 de nuestro país. Luego enfrentará a El Líbano, Venezuela, Nigeria y cerrará su participación en la primera fase ante Serbia y Montenegro.

[Cherry]

Manu Ginóbili: "Vamos a crecer durante el torneo"

Basically Manu saying that they haven't played well since they left Argentina, but they know they can play better and, while he doesn't expect them to be at their best against France in the opener, he expects them to get better during the tournament. He also says that they really need to work on defense and that will be their focus in the last 4 days of training.

Basically, the same situation before the olympics. I wish they can play at 80% the first game.

[smeagol]

Con respecto al funcionamiento del equipo en estos partidos previos al inicio del Mundial, Manu comentó: "Nos falta equilibrio, pero la prioridad es la defensa. Si defendés bien, te ponés positivo y eso se traslada al ataque. En la ofensivas podés fallar, pero no en defensa. Eso es lo que debemos buscar en los 4 días de entrenamiento que nos quedan en Sendai".

In this paragraph he is saying that D is key. "You can be sloppy on O but never on D. If you defend well, this will transalate into a good ofense".

Is Pop feeding him the lines?

[cheguevara]

I may be wrong, but I dont think Spain has ever won a major sporting compe ion (footie WC, basketball, rugby, volleyball, maybe individual olympic sports??) in its history.

They always do well, qualify, proclaim themselves champs, then fall apart in elimination games. I expect no different this time around

exactly. spain is usually soft and folds in the real compe ion.

[vanvannen]

Manu Ginóbili: "Vamos a crecer durante el torneo"

Basically Manu saying that they haven't played well since they left Argentina, but they know they can play better and, while he doesn't expect them to be at their best against France in the opener, he expects them to get better during the tournament. He also says that they really need to work on defense and that will be their focus in the last 4 days of training.

I love Manu and all, but this excuse is getting really old. The tournament starts in 4 days and they haven't done so far. I really don't see this Argie squad coming along quick enough to go past the first round. Spain on the other hand is looking very impressive. We'll see if they pull their usual disappearing act or the manage to get somewhere for a change.

[Quasar]

I attended the game - the atmosphere was quite drab due to the crappy announcer and the tame crowd.

Nevertheless, I was so excited to be getting my first sight of Manu, Oberto, Scola, and Pau Gasol that I didn't realise Argentina was getting drubbed by Spain.

The end score adequately reflected the state of matters.... Argentina seemed to be superior individually but had absolutely no team play - they ended up playing like the team usa's that were eliminated from the world championships.

Manu had a few nice moves, but didn't have much impact on the game. Scola took the game quite seriously and gave a few hard fouls after getting angry at losing by so much. However, he often seems to be out of position for rebounds which was critical as Spain was getting rebounds left and right. In my opinion, Nocioni was the one who made the least mistakes.

[carina_gino20]

i loved watching nocioni play. he plays with so much intensity even when he has the disadvantage in size.

[Quasar]

Oh yeah... forgot to say... that guy Navarro is *good*! He totally broke Delfino's (or was it Nocioni's?) ankles on a play and finished with a nice layup.

[SpursWillOwn]

chapu was funny.. he kept puffing on the court much like rasho