The Basketball European Championship started in Tampere with a victory in Lithuania.
Lithuania is one of the most potential basketball.
The head coach of the current men’s national team Rimas kurtinaitis was winning the Olympic gold for the Soviet Union in Seoul in 1988 Valdemaras Chomičius, Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Arvydas Sabonis with.
The modern team does not find quite the same world stars, but it is still the main opponent of Susijeng in the European Championship B-block in Tampere.
Lithuania fans celebrate their team’s opening win in Tampere. Kimmo Brandt / EPA / AOP
The reigning world champion Germany is expected to run into a group victory at Nokia Arena, but Finland and Lithuania are fighting for the second place in the block.
Lithuania’s nickname “Green Death” well describes the team’s ruthless victory. In the opening match, it was the victim of Great Britain with the stupid 94-70 numbers.
At no time did the British hit the opponent. There was also a Lithuanian power in the audience, as the majority of 4243 were green and yellow.
The Nokia Arena is still playing a match between Germany and Montenegro before letting Susijengi get to the parquet.
Finland -Sweden starts at 8:30 pm in the evening.