Much of the dreams of spain in it world They go through the meeting that this Friday will face them Latvia (11.45 am, La 2). Before traveling to Fight, the capital of Indonesia, Sergio Scariolo set the challenge of the quarterfinals as the goal that the world champion should set herself, due to the significant casualties she is dragging, due to the inexperience of some of her players, due to the tremendous level of some of the candidates such as USA, Canada or Germany.
Well then, spain He is at the gates of that scenario that the Italian coach proposed. After a close first phase with a full of victories (3-0), he only needs to go one step further, prevail over Latvia to have practically closed the pass to the quarterfinals. It will not be mathematical. But it could be made official a few hours later if, in the meeting that closes the day, Canada is imposed on Brazil as logic suggests. If the Brazilians destroyed the forecasts, a complicated scenario would open up with three-way tie options and the ‘average’ as the decisive factor. Better not to calculate yet.
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“The tournament has reached a very high point of importance. It is an almost decisive game and we have to face it without forgetting that many of our players have already gone through this, but there are also many who have not,” he commented. scario at the end of the training of the selection. “Also with the certainty that the players who have already gone through these detours will know how to advise them, reassure them and they will know how to be cool and calm in difficult moments,” he added.
Parra is doubt
The team arrives with good feelings for the key match of the tournament. With a good dynamic of some of its important pieces such as the brothers Hernango shirt. With the step in front of his youth like Nunez, Garuba and Aldama. With their veterans like Llull and Rudy protected to the maximum. But with the doubt Joel Parra who could not take part in training this Thursday because of an overload in his left leg. “Yes, it is doubtful, we will see tomorrow if he can finally be there, but there is a small problem. It’s not very serious, but with the very short deadlines of playing every two days, it becomes a question,” said the coach.
scario look with great respect at Latvia. They have earned the right to be taken into account after leaving out one of the great favourites, France, and for their enormous offensive capacity. Porzingis will not be there, his great star, the talent of 2,21 and 28 years old, who took his first professional steps in Seville, under the orders of Aíto, and next to Willy Hernangomez, among others. The player of the Celtics. But yes in the stands. It is one of the 4,000 voices that have turned the Indonesia Arena almost into a field in Riga and the Baltic team into one of the 2 centers of attention of the World Cup.
On the court, the ex-Barcelona Roland Smits (15.3 points and 4.3 rebounds), the exJoventut Artur Zagar (12,3 points and 6.7 assists) and the player of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA, Davis Bertans (14 average points) are his main references, while his brother, Dairis Bertans, he will miss the rest of the tournament due to injury.
“Be Tough and Fight”
“They have a lot of rhythm, they are very well trained, with a lot of quality on the perimeter, with shooting ability, with tactical ability and made to put us in trouble. Of course, reinforced by the presence of thousands of fans in the stands who support them”, he values Scariolo on the rival what awaits you
“Latvia is a very dangerous team that plays with five openings and shoots a lot of triples, they already beat France. We know that they play without fear, without pressure. It’s time to stop them, brake well, be tough and fight”, he also remarks Juancho Hernangómez, who knows that this is a game of maximum demand. “It is vital, we know how important it is for us. We have to come out strong from the start and fight”.
El exazulgrana Roland Smits admit that Latvia is in a very good dynamic in this championship and recognizes that the support of the public will be essential, but also that they will need to offer their best version to compete. “We have prepared ourselves to try to win the game. But Spain is a very good team, with high-level and physically strong players”.
2023-08-31 11:55:20
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