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The Italian women’s basketball national national team has lost 64-66 the semifinal of the European Championships, won by Belgium who will play the final on Sunday at 19:30 with Spain (who beat France 65-64). Being in the semifinal is however a very important result for Italy, which had not reached this point of Europeans since 1995: this match was the most important of the last 30 years for the women’s national team. Always Sunday Italy will play the final for the third and fourth place against France.
The game was very fought and decided largely in the last time, in which Italy started at a disadvantage. He then recovered several points and within a few minutes he went ahead, was reassembled and went again to the advantage, and then lost for two points marked in the last seconds.
The team has changed a lot since it is coached by Andrea Capobianco and his staff. We play both exceptional talents such as Cecilia Zandalasini, but also players who had so far made themselves less and who have shown in this tournament to be able to mark different baskets or intervene decisively in the right moments.
Belgium started as a favorite for this semifinal: it is a team that has been competing for the highest levels for years and in which above all Emma Meesseman plays, 32 years old very talented and expert. The final will be a repetition of that of 2023 (the latest edition of the tournament), which was also held in that case between Belgium and Spain. Both the latter and France are the most established teams of Italy at an international level: for this reason also in the final for third and fourth place Italy is considered disadvantaged.
The achievement of the semifinal is however a historical result for the Italian national team, in an area, female basketball, which is frequently considered as secondary and less important than the male one, and for this reason it also serves as legitimacy of the category.
