Oh what a nice surprise! Long announced as among the big favorites of this EuroBasket 2022, Serbia will not even see the quarter-finals. The genius of Nikola Jokic and Vasilije Micic will not have been enough, and an incredible Italian team joins France for a huge match, Wednesday at 5:15 p.m.!
We start to know the song. Serbs perhaps well above the fray in terms of talent, multiplying the beatings during the group stage, then at the time of the cleaver matches the dilettante mode is back, and genius is no longer enough against a team that has nothing left to lose and has specialized in the thrilling exercise of blowing up a defence. The conclusion of the story is a Squadra Azzurra who took what they were given and added their personal touch, namely a collective chemistry and a string of shots from the parking lot. 16 in total, with these gentlemen Spissu, Fontecchio, Polonara and Melli at the top of the bill, and a Gianmarco Pozzecco in the role of the somewhat crazy station master who we too would like to embrace.
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Exit the Serbs, we will talk about it again, and we will therefore be entitled Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. to a remake of the last Olympic Games. Remember, you, a little over thirteen months ago, a Nicolas Batum XXL in particular had carried the French, already in the quarterfinals, already against Italy, to send France in the semifinals against Slovenia and the scenario that we knows. And if the French beat Italy, who could they find in the semi?… Well, we stop and we focus on Wednesday’s match, and we stop you right away, if you’re happy tonight because you don’t not have to play the Serbs, take a deep breath and tell yourself immediately that this quarter-final will absolutely not be a cakewalk.
Wednesday, 5:15 p.m., Berlin. Babysit, take an RTT, close the shutters and pop the popcorn. France – Italy is Batum but it is also Trézéguet, Di Biagio, Materrazzi and Zizou, in short, France – Italy with a ball there is always something going on.