L’Italia he beat the Spain 67-63 (10-18, 30-36, 49-47) in the fourth match of group C at European Basketball Europeans. This is the third consecutive victory in Limassol obtained from the national team led by Gianmarco Pozzecco. After the defeat to the debut with the Greece and consecutive statements with Georgia e Bosniathe Azzurri passed, on the Parquet of the Spyros Kyprianou Arena of Limassol, Spain champion in charge of Scariolo with the score of 67-63.
Italy, first place nearby
Next commitment to Melli and his companions on Thursday 4 against the hosts of Cyprus (5.30 pm). The boys of Pozzecco, already qualified for the round of 16, approach the first place in the group. A success in comeback that of the Azzurri, driven by Diouf (14 points), Niang and Ricci. Best achievement for the Iberians, Aidama with 19 points.
The words of Pozzecco
“We are experiencing a fairy tale, these guys give us constant emotions. The only thing that makes me suffer every day is the absence of Polonara and Tonut, they are part of our family, Achilles even more because he is in the hospital in Valencia. At the debut we called him on the phone but he did not answer us, and we lost with Greece; Then he always replied and we won three in a row …“. Pozzecco Thus he begins to comment on the painful victory of the Italbasket against Spain of Scariolo, obtained after a false departure. “We left on 13-0 for them, we did not do the basket for 7 ‘and this is heavy, it can kill you and definitively cut your legs – stressed the CT of the national team a Sky – The boys don’t give up and we were good at finding many protagonists. I am happy for Procida, who entered and was good, as well as everyone else. I think it is thanks to what has been built by the boys in recent years, with veterans that behave with the youngest ones like parents “.