The seven victories on as many matches that led to Manila tell the potential of theItalia which begins on Friday 25th – first duo againstAngola at 10 – his adventure ai Basketball World Cup. But at the same time that clear path risks being insidious because no one knows, not even the protagonists, how one will react mood teamcoached by a humorous coach, at the first difficulties that will inevitably arise along the way in the Philippines, where the review returns over 40 years later. The Italbasket that came close to the semifinal at theEuropean of last year, eliminating the Serbia Of Nikola Jokic and committing to the limit France, is it ready to repeat itself on a more important stage? She certainly has the “right to dream”, as she called it Gianmarco Pozzecco.
Certainties and golden boys – The pre-World Cup said yes, also because the blue coach can count on one more year of maturity than his faithful squires – the leader Simone Fontecchio back from his first season in the NBA, Nicolò Melli protagonist of the Milan championship, therefore Marco often and Achilles Polonara – and above all, can now fish in the tank of the bench the enthusiasm of Matthew Spanish e Gabriele Procidathe two young people who in June 2022 were selected at Draft NBA and from September they will play together with theDawn Berlin. In a long and exhausting competition like a World Cup, the contribution of golden boys of blue basketball will be one of decisive factors.
The path in the group – Italy’s journey after the face-off against Angola will continue against the Dominican Republic (Sunday, 10 am) before meeting the hosts of the Philippines on Tuesday (2 pm), an atypical national team who will be able to count on the support of 20 thousand fans inside the building and the enthusiasm of a country in love with basketball like few others in the world. It would all be easy on paper, but the reaction to difficulty it will be the real watershed of the blue expedition in the Pacific. It will take balance, avoid roller coasters. Also because i structural defects there is no shortage, but so far the group – and what a group, as those who have followed the podcast have found out Afternoon led by Gigi Datome and Melli – he was good at disguising them.
The structural defects and the formula – Italy pays duty in centimeters against practically anyone, without a long-term role and rank, and this obliges them to have a high performance in attack from long range and a perennial defensive sacrifice not to give second chances to rebound to opponents. From these two factors passes a large part of the ability to close the initial round between the top two, guaranteeing participation in the second phase where they will be trained new groups from 4 teams and will be played against the qualifiers from the other groupings. In the case of Italy they will jump out of B, in which they will fight the Serbia without Jokic, the Puerto Ricothe Chinese and the Sud Sudanthe state that did not exist twelve years ago and now with the two NBA Dear Gabriel e Carlik Jones has chances to play for the second round. There it will be a tussle to get into the top eight, a credible goal as long as you help yourself when needed.
Captain Datome’s last – The Usa Of Steve Kerr they will obviously be the hare despite the absences from the first band of NBA players. The real credible alternative to gold is the Spain Of Sergio Scariolobut watch out for France and to the solidity of Germania e Australia. Luka Doncic will try overtime with his Slovenia and there are things to keep an eye on Canada e Serbia, even without his jewel Jokic. Italy will race on the Balkan national team to put its nose to the quarter finals. And how many beautiful memories thinking back to Belgrade Pre-Olympic in 2021 and at last year’s European Championships. It was then and it will be again Datom’s Teeth, the captain of the national team who will leave basketball after the World Cup. Approaching the Philippines was a long tribute to his career, on the field and on social media Fip. Before the final honors, he will try to pin another pin on the blue shirt worn for twenty years.
2023-08-24 15:01:23
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