84-88: Spain beat Italy to advance to the 2023 World Cup

the spanish team 2023 World Cuphis presence almost certainly thanks to his victory over his great rival Italy at Pesaro this Friday Group Lteam of Sergio Scariolo Most of the time dominated “Azzurri”, but an extension was needed against an opponent who never gave up, but gave up before 28 points. Jaime Fernandez and total party Alberto Diaz.

Spain is the only group leader with 6 wins and 1 loss.demoted Italy Second place (5-2).Transalpine is closely tracked Iceland world Georgia (4-3). These four teams will share his three tickets to the World Cup. Ukraine (2-5) and Netherlands (0-7) have already dropped out of combat.Scagliolo’s team could prove their presence at the World Cup if they can overcome this Monday to a weak Dutch team Huelvahe will play the second and final game of this November window.

The Spanish team announced a completely different squad from their last appearance in the EuroBasket final in September, with no NBA or Euroleague players.Nevertheless, Scariolo’s men began to rule with authority, bolstered by their superior dominance in rebounding. Justa As soon as they entered the match, they gave Spain a maximum 10-point advantage (9-19). Spain were unable to maintain a breakaway and further widen the gap due to a lack of precision on their triples and excessive turnovers.

Italy Since then, they have moved by 4-8 points in favor of Spain most of the time. A rush from home forced them to tie at his 32nd. Scariolo They retire to the locker room with a slight advantage (33-36).

Spain There were new escape threats as the triples started coming in in the 3rd quarter (38-45, 43-50), but the difference didn’t inspire confidence as Italy were always just a stone’s throw away. . This was confirmed by the Spaniard at the start of the last quarter. Nico Mannion Coupled with some offensive idea phases, they went 62-58 in the 36th minute and went from 49-55 at the end of the third quarter.

It was Jaime Fernandez responsible for waking up the Spanish attack. His points returned control to Spain.This means they didn’t miss a few free throws on him and the last play was vinewho missed the hook to win (70-70).

Italy appeared to have decided the clash in the first batting exchange of extra time (78-75), but fernandez He had all the success on hitherto missing shots, Diaz He followed up with a defensive clinic to seal the win and leave the Spanish team at the World Cup gate.