Last night, the Belgium squad managed to win the game in an easier way than the score shows it. The WC final was labeled as the match between a great team and a good manager. The matched showed that the game faced too great teams and a good manager on the Belgian side.
It's hard for me to be objective, but i can't get over with it. As the Romanian NT manager you have to be aware that a win was posible. And although Spain, Italy or Lithuania have a bunch of really talented players, Romania has some smart trained guys. Nederlands is doing it too, they have a small pool of players so they decided to take care of them with any means. So, most of you thought and still think that Belgium is too good for the others. That's half true.. Romania was closer than you can think.
The match was won by Belgium due to a great defensive management. Offensive threats like Badoiu or Stefanescu strugled all night. A team that averaged around 90 points was kept a little above 50. Romania did well also, the defensive focus helped keeping the game within reach. At this point Belgium had better one on one players..that brought them the victory, they managed to get the tactical factor out of the equation.
The Romanian side was predictable.. that's what lost the match. BdB expected Badoiu to catch and shoot and stefanescu too toss his strength under the hoop, and coordinated aerts-tremerie and huby-christodo-bulcke almost perfect. Even so.. Romania lacked enough versatility as the big guys can't rebound that well that they can supply their own shots and the small guys can't defend without being def focused.
In conclusion, Belgium deserved this victory because they worked hard for it. Hopefully Romania will have another chance at the title... they will not miss it the second time.
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