Basketball, Italy-Spain 67-63 | Gazzetta.it

Italy beats Spain 67-63. But there are games that mark a border and mark a feeling. And that against the Spaniards did it. Italy has shown what suffering, recovery, the desire to win. And the fright. Because when Niang falls on the right ankle and is forced to go out (at 7’06 “from the end, on Wednesday the instrumental examinations), the suspense has also been added to the match. Niang will now be evaluated well. Also because Italy has another face with him. A fourth wrong (the first, lost 10-18), the rest of the meeting is of a tenacious and never surrendered Italy. The aforementioned Niang, and the debutant without fear Procida. Spissu puts the free of +3, the antechamber of success.

start

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Italy is now first in the group together with Greece now waiting for Spain. And his European journey is all to be lived. Start from the nightmare for Italy: the quintet struggles to build, Fontecchio wasted and Spain takes advantage of it by flying on 10-0 with De Larrea and Aldama. Pozzecco calls time-out. But it is difficult to find words. Also to put together ideas, concepts, movements. It would be enough: “We enter and make a basket”. More or less. The Azzurri, of baskets, are also wrong with it, while the Iberians lengthen until 13-0. Niang, who entered with great impact, takes care of removing the team. There is something furious in this player, Virtus fans are cheating hands in Bologna. The shock he needed is he who gives it. A dunk on the counterattack, rebounds and points that put a fundamental 6-0 together. Then Thompson and Gallinari shortened. In the end, however, another Spanish triple sets 18-10 at the first rest. It will be necessary to understand the fragility of a first quarter fact of accelerations. In the second quarter Italy enters with more energy: Ricci and Niang guide a 5-0 that forces Scariolo to Timeout. Spain reacts with Puerto and De Larrea from the arch, but Fontecchio and above all Diauf report the Azzurri until 25-25. The new solutions with Aldama and Pradilla give a new momentum to Spain. While Thompson is full of fouls and Fontecchio ends up in difficulty. Spanish rekindles the blaze with a triple, but the ending is of Spanish brand: 36-30. It took the character and patience to put a game in order. Characteristics that Italy has shown in the third quarter, a determination that goes beyond the score. Diouf, niang. And even Procida, capable of scoring in Scariolo, his next coach at Real. It wasn’t easy. Nervous and fouls could hurt. Instead Ricci keeps Italy with the free and a triple in life, while Fontecchio signs a spectacular stop on Aldama. Spain tries to escape with De Larrea and Yusta, but Diouf rises to the chair with points and energy, bringing the blues back into contact. In the final the explosion of Procida: the triple equal to the debut (47-47) and Niang completes the comeback. Italy forward 49-47 at 30 ‘.

the ending

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It couldn’t have ended up there. The last quarter is anguish and surprise. Diauf continues to dominate under the basket, while Procida brings energy on each ball. Italy extends. At 7’06 “Niang frightens with an ankle problem. Then Spissu places the triple of +6. On the planet Spain, however, there is life. Andumous. In 1’55”, Aldama puts things back in a tie (62-62). Fontecchio and Spissu delude with two triples on the iron. At 32 “it is the same 33 to put the free of 64-64. The ending is marked by the unbalanced anti-sportsman of Parra. Spissu’s free and curls close the match.