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Can Australia be beaten? Pros and cons of Argentina’s next rival

Argentina passed Japan without problems in our early Sunday morning and achieved the first goal that had been set before starting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: reaching the quarterfinals. Anyway, the dance goes on, and it gets harder and harder to stay on track. Australia is coming, this Tuesday at 9 in the morning, who arrives undefeated with three wins and the desire intact to get the first medal in his history. In that effort, the oceanic will try to sweep those led by Sergio Hernández. Here we tell you how kangaroos arrive and what they have on their campus to scare us or not.

The way of Australia

The Australians started with 84-67 over Nigeria, on the second match they beat Italy by a tight 86-83 and in the last game they beat Germany 89-76.

The celebration after beating Germany.

The last antecedent between the two

The last time Argentina faced Australia was very recently, on July 11 in a friendly before the Games, where a triple by Patty Mills on the cicada gave the Oceanians the victory 87-84 in Las Vegas. As for the Olympic Games, it will be the second official match: in Beijing 2008 it was a wide victory for ours by 85-68.

The best that Australia has

Although it is a very complete team where everyone makes a worthy contribution, there are some players who naturally stand out above the rest. One of them is Paty Mills, base of high experience and with already ten seasons in the back with the San Antonio Spurs jersey. The Australian was Ginobili’s partner and he always remembers him with the best affection: “He taught me many things for my career. Things that are not easy to receive in this environment. How to be a professional, and I think that what I am today I owe to him in much to him. They were 7 seasons together. “

Patty Mills facing Facundo Campazzo.

Patty Mills facing Facundo Campazzo.

In addition to Mills, we must also highlight Matthew Dellavedova. The one who usually follows the NBA will automatically place him with the Cleveland jersey, where he was teammates with LeBron James and was able to shout champion in 2015/16. It is also originally a base but it can be planted as an escort, in addition to being 10 centimeters taller than Patty, so it can give you another type of defense.

There is more? Yes, Joe Ingles, 33-year-old historic Utah forward with a scary 2.01 meter. Very good shooter of three, always correct in attack and firm in defense. Hard nut to crack if there are any. As if this were not enough, the kangaroos above incorporated in these Olympic Games Matisse Thybulle. The young Philadelphia guard, barely 24 years old, was born in Arizona, in the United States, but since he lived in Australia for seven years and has dual citizenship, he decided to change sides. Thybulle boasts astonishing defensive ability, and that has given Argentina’s upcoming rivals a bonus at Tokyo 2020.

Casualties

Aron Baynes, a 2.08-meter center, was left out after injuring himself last Wednesday in the win over Australia. “It really disappoints me that I can’t stay in the Olympics. Together with the rest of the team, I have worked very hard in our mission to win a historic Olympic medal, and it hurts me not to be able to complete the mission with the boys, but I have every confidence that they will do the job, “said the Toronto Raptors player. , who had been key in the Australian army both in defense and attack.

Aron Baynes marking Scola during the last friendly.

Aron Baynes marking Scola during the last friendly.

Why do you drop in the plural? Although the only injured of the 12 summoned is Aron Baynes, it is impossible not to highlight that this team is missing Ben Simmons. The Philadelphia star point guard and Thybulle’s teammate chose not to participate in the Olympics. “The best thing for everyone right now is that (Ben) builds that skill pack and improves in a couple of areas for his next NBA season, but the Boomers are always there for whatever you need,” said Goorjian, the manager, ago a month when he found out that he would not be able to count on his figure.

Campazzo clashing with everything against Ben Simmons in the NBA.

Campazzo clashing with everything against Ben Simmons in the NBA.

Australia wants to win the first medal in its history

Very particular is the situation of Australian basketball in the Olympic Games. He had a chance to win a medal eight times and he always fell by the wayside. Argentina, on the other hand, was a semifinalist in 2004 (gold), 2008 (bronze) and 2012 (fourth).

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