In the absence of 10 days to start the European Championship, the azulgranas finalize preparation matches
The final lists are not yet known, but there will be a large Barça representation in the European
The next September 1 starts the Eurobasket. As in 2017, this year the European Championship is again multisede, con Prague, Tblisi, Milan, Cologne and Berlin as cities that will host the competition.
The FC Barcelona will go back to ‘suffer’ a Exodus of troops who will represent their teams. Although with spain there will be no Barça participants, Saras will not be able to count on up to 7 players that, in the absence of official confirmation, will be present at the meeting: the Czechs Tomas Satoransky and Jan Vesely, the Turk Sertac Sanli, the lithuanian Rokas Jokubaitis, the Serbian Nikola Kalinic, the nationalized by Slovenia Mike Tobey, and a Nick Calathes, with Greece, which still belongs to the Barça discipline. For its part, Nico Laprovittola will participate with Argentina in the FIBA Americup, on dates similar to those of the Eurobasket.
In the absence of 10 badly counted days, the afternoon/night of Thursday, August 19, has really been productive and full of encounters with Barça representation. After winning the two clashes against Spain, Rokas Jokubaitis’s Lithuania have scored a new victory, by a resounding 94-68 against the Netherlands, con 9 points and 3 assists from the Barça point guard. Before the European, the Lithuanian will play qualifying matches for the next World Cup against Hungary and Montenegro.Nikola Kalinic’s Italy and Serbia they have played the semifinals of the DBB Supercup, a tournament that takes place in Hamburg. And the selection of the ex Barcelona Svetislav Pesic has been imposed by a tight 86-90 after starring in a great comeback in the last quarter, with a 14-25 run that has served to turn the score around. Kalinic has scored 9 points, has distributed 2 assists and has grabbed 6 rebounds, in a meeting in which the NBA Nikola Jokic has signed double figures: 18 points and 10 rebounds. Like Lithuania, Serbia now has two World Cup qualifying window games, against Greece and Turkey.
These two teams have measured their strength in the OAK, in the Aegean Cup, and the victory has remained for the Hellenes, who have prevailed son of Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Ottomans for 89-80. Nick Calathes has scored 6 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished out 6 assists, while Sanli has signed some discreet 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. Greece will play two new World Cup qualifying matches against Serbia and Belgium, while the Turks will face Latvia and Serbia.
Finally, Tomas Satoransky and Jan Vesely have lost in the other semi-final of the DBB Supercup against Germany by 101-90, with two discreet offensive performances: 4 points for the point guard and 6 for the center. The worst, a sprained ankle from ‘Sato’ that has sent the point guard to the locker room and the extent of the injury is still unknown. Before the Eurobasket, they will play World Cup qualifiers against France and Hungary.
