The spanish under 18 team continues counting his matches for victories in it Eurobasket U18. After stream to Estonia In the first match of this tournament, Víctor García’s now surpass Italythe hostess and the rival ‘to beat’ of this tournament, for 68 to 61 and they get hold of it leadership of the group D. Now, after this new triumph, they only have ahead of them Latviawho lost to the Italians on the opening day and against whom our team will play tomorrow Monday at 8:30 p.m.to move on to the direct qualifiers for the title as first of your group.
The Spanish team, while listening to pre-match anthems.
Returning to the match, the Spanish national team had to overcome a tough italywhich, during some moments of the crash, has been ahead on the scoreboard. Such was the case that the Italians finished the first period with an advantage (13-18). From there, Spanish dominance was noticeable: a partial score of 23-8 caused a turnaround in the lighting that, in the end, would be definitive.
Seriousness to sentence the match
After passing through the locker room, the Spanish team maintained the difference, although those of Marco Sodini tried to reduce it. Entering the final minutes and after our national team kept its opponents at bay, Papa Niang brought the Azzurri closer with five points in a row in the last minutes (66-61), but two free throws by Alfonso Rodríguez made the final 68-61.
Cheik Diallo makes a dunk during the match.
In the scoring aspect, Gerard Fernandez was the best in Spain with 17 points and 5/10 in triples. However, the most valued was Cheik Diallowho with a double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds) ended with a total of 16 ratingbeing the most valued of the crash.