Italy v France, Slovenia v Poland, quarterfinals on Wednesday

when his team lost Serbian In the Round of 16 (86-94), the Italian coach, Gianmarco Pozzecco He said he would give the students credit cards so they could celebrate qualifying for the quarter-finals to play on Wednesday (5:15 p.m.) against France, the big rivals of the ‘giant-killers’ of the European Basketball Championship. I promised. .

The outgoing Italian coach, 49, has become one of the championship sensations. It’s fascinating to see him on the bench. He gestures, constantly complains to the referee, and celebrates the basket his team makes as if it were a goal. It is pure energy and often comes at a cost.

Sunday vs. Serbian He was excluded for protesting with two techniques. He left the track in tears and greeted his Serbian opponent with sportsmanship. Svetislav PesicHe missed the final 14 minutes of the game, which coincided with his team’s best basketball moment.

With the match decided, Pozzecco He exited the locker room tunnel, got down on his knees and hugged a player who was waiting on the bench for the end of the match against one of the European favorites.

Already in the locker room area he appeared in one of the championship images.he crossed with the greeks Giannis Antetokounmpowas preparing for the match against the Czech Republic in his giant headphones. Genius and figure.

But beyond that luxury, the truth is Pozzecco We have built a team that plays very attractive basketball. Guided by the talent of the players, utah jazz simon Fontecchio Perimeter (19.2 points per game) and reliability Niccolo Meri Italy completes near-perfect game in defense against Serbia Nikola Jokic and Baylier Micic.

Another European giant awaits him in the quarterfinals. Rudy Gobert. pivot of Minnesota Timberwolveswith his 20 points and 17 rebounds, was decisive in the crossover turkey (86-87) Forces the opponent into overtime with 2.5 seconds remaining.

The Gallic giants are a gray game of a team with many talents, New York Knicks Evan Fournier In this championship, the French team has not had much success from the 6.75m line, but as a threat from the perimeter.

Due to her career in the last championship, she was an Olympic runner-up, euro basketball It was the thirteenth and started with a slight advantage over rivals who had been three Europeans in the past and lost in this draw.

Pozzecco want to change the recent history of ItalyIf he wins against France, the Transalpine coach may need to top up his bank card with more credit to face the winner in the semi-finals. Slovenia – Poland.

the team led by Luka Doncic (28 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.5 assists) will start as the frontrunners for the most unequal duel as the European quarterfinals conclude this Wednesday (8:30pm).

The Vulcan team is the most aggressive team in the championship with 92 points per game.Resolved with his star hand (33 points) in a round 16 cross with a belligerent player Belgium (88-72).

The only negative note of the meeting for the tournament’s reigning champions was the loss of Zoran Dragicwill miss the rest of Europe with a torn quadriceps.

after his victory Ukraine (86-94), Poland tries to give the bell at nationalized point guard AJ Slaughter (14 points) and small forward Mateusz Ponitka (13.2 points) As an aggressive leader, Michael Sokolowski You will have a difficult mission to stop the Dallas Mavericks star.

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