Well, I rejoiced when Srbija beat Hrvatska 86-83 and Srbija did what they need to do: go through the Semi-finals against a stacked Australian team. But I will not focus on my Serbian team but to the Croatian team. Yes, the infamous Croatian Basketball curse that started during the 1990's, 1995 specifically. What happened and why?
Back in 1995, Eurobasket 95' would be the last time Croatia would win a medal which was a Bronze medal but when the Serbs are about to go up the podium with their gold medals, the whole Croatian team walked out of the court(later revealed by current coach Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović as pressured by the Croatian politicians from the ruling HDZ at that time) and ever since, they won't get near even to a Bronze medal. The closest they got was back in Eurobasket 2013, where they finished 4th place.
Dario Šarić, Mario Hezonja, Bojan Bogdanović and a superb coach Aco Petrović but why they still lost? It's the curse. It is despite Serbia lost Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić and Bogdan Bogdanović to 5 fouls each. So, we have to wait until 2090 for Croatia to get even a Bronze medal? Why not?
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