Pozzecco reveals the emotional amulet of Italian good fortune in eurobasket

that Gianmarco Pozzecco He is one of the most whimsical coaches in European panorama.

During his match against Spain yesterday, he already showed it, For 0-13, worrying And in the face of the Eurobasket classification, you’ll get a significant victory. Tight 67-63.

Despite the tension of such comparable encounters, Pozzecco appeared at subsequent press conferences, revealing in emotional moments one of the Italian team’s best preserved “secrets.” His “Lucky Amulet” at this championship.

Confine tears, Pozzecco revealed that he would call Achille Polonara before each gameVirtus Bologna player and currently undergoing treatment. Myeloid leukemia. He added that the team lost in the only time Polonara couldn’t attend the call before the game.

“We miss Achille Polonara and usually Stefano Tonutz is with us too. Of course, the tonuts are injured and not the same as us, but Achilles is different. Everyone knows he is currently at a hospital in Valencia. It’s not easy for us to think about him. We called it… I called it before the game before the game before the game and I said: Achille, I call it with all the boys in the locker room 30 minutes before the game. And I called it but didn’t answer. I don’t know why, but I lost the game (66-75). And I called him before the match with Georgia and told him he had to answer. Responded (Triumph 78-62). Then against Bosnia (96-79), the same, and today (67-63). Therefore, when answering the phone before the game, we are 100% safe. And that’s probably something you can think of as just a coincidence. That’s not true. ”

Italy will play the final game of the first stage tomorrow (5:15pm) CyprusCorista of Group C certainly calls Polonara, but it’s realistic and seeing the lazy performance of the Chipriot team, the Italians don’t have to resort to their emotional luck charms.