They also lost to Portugal. Ukrainians lose second EuroBasket qualifying game

After the first defeat against the Serbians (82:40), Ukraine needed to win in Portugal and ideally do so with a large points difference to get into the top four second teams.

And everything seemed to be going according to plan. The first quarter was won, and the second and third quarters were an equal contest. However, in the fourth one, I developed a bad habit of leaving my opponents to shoot from open positions. The Portuguese willingly took advantage of this, making a lot of three-point shots, and in the end, the match, which in principle many recorded as a victory and were already worried about the difference in points, ended with a difference. Fifteen points in favor of the Pyrenees team.

Of course, there are still mathematical chances; perhaps the leaders will be back in the next qualifiers, especially with the injured Yagupova. But here we can say that there was failure in two consecutive matches and the reasons for this should be understood. The team was not ready for the qualifying matches.

European Basketball Championship. Qualification. Group G

Ukraine – Portugal – 63:78 (20:17, 10:12, 19:14, 14:35).

Ukraine: Dubnyuk (10 points + 3 rebounds + 2 assists), Mitina (0+1+1), Balaban (19+3+2), Filevich (9+1+0), Boyko (5+0+0), Ur- Nille (7+0+2), Yurkevichus (0+15+7), Lyubinets (0+2+2), Putra (13+3+0), Maznichenko, Voloshina (0+1+1).

Portugal: Soeiro (14+1+2), Humabano (15+2+0), Viana (2+2+4), Marcy Gonzalez (11+5+2), Ferreira (20+5+1), Bettencourt (14+ ) 1+2), Lavinia, Kosturkova (2+9+1), Filipe (5+1+1), Gomez, Silva (6+5+0), Costa (0+0+0).

Rimi Olimpiskais centers (Riga, Latvia).

UKRAINE – PORTUGAL. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH