Blurbasses in the semifinal 66-64 despite a fourth incredible period. Sunday afternoon the Italians will play for the bronze medal against France
The story one step away. And so it does badly. Belgium breaks the dream of the blue girls and wins 66-64 a romance semifinal of the European basketball European basketball, with the girls of Capobianco who at 44 “from the siren were there, with one foot in the final and in the history. Instead … so, with the victory torn from the last basket at the” Peace and Friendship Stadium “of the Piraeus, Belgium will be played on Sunday. Company touched for the blue who, on -14 at the end of the third quarter, managed to return to the game thanks to an incredible partial of 17-0 at the beginning of the last, also going on +2 to 26 ” from the end.
Vanloo surprise
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The blue start well and lead for most of the first quarter until the 7-0 partial of Belgium 5 ‘from the siren. It is Zandalasini who breaks the break with a triple, while Spreafico signs the new extension. Thanks to a 3/8 from the arch, Italy closes the period on +3. The second quarter is more balanced, with many changes of advantage. Julie Vanloo enters the game and lights up: scores 12 points pushing the Belghe to the comeback. The blue keep a blow but suffer in the final: a lost ball and a counterattack, closed by the play, are worth +7 Belgium at the interval.
Heart Italy
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The third quarter opens with two triples of Belgium who also put Meesseman in rhythm. Cubaj and Fassina try to keep the blue standing but the percentages remain low. Claessens closes the third quarter from the bezel with +14. Italy is part of an incredible 13-0 partial, thanks to three triples in a row, on -1 to 5 ‘from the end. Cubaj signs the blue overtaking, then the game becomes point to point. At 45 ” Pan is wrong, the two free of overtaking but a great defense and a counterattack of Fassina are worth +2 to 26 ” from the end. Delaere from the arch brings Belgium forward, then the triple of Verona stops on the iron as the path of the blue to the European Championship.
Italy: Cubaj 13, Zandalasini 11, Fassina 11
Belgium: Vanloo 15, Meesseman 15, Allemand 11
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