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61-45 STILL VITAL! Second triple that literally makes the Azzurri run away!
58-45 MANNION! And now the blues take flight!
56-45 STRIKES MICHELE VITALI IMMEDIATELY! +11 ITALY!
The meeting is about to start again!
Relevant detail: a very high-paced match was accepted, and Italy managed to remove several solutions, paradoxically, precisely with this type of solution from Iceland. Also fundamental is the presence everywhere both of Della Valle to earn free and of Pajola to recover anything that wanders in its parts, more or less like a magnet.
Interval statistics: Italy is shooting with 52.94% from the field. Which, compared to what was seen in the first leg (under 30%), says it all about the differences with Hafnarfjordur.
TOP SCORER – ITALY: Della Valle 15; ICELAND: Fridriksson 17
The second quarter ends with a complex shot by Della Valle that comes out, but it is an excellent blue moment that leads to the interval with eight points of advantage by accepting the very high pace and then giving a first blow to Iceland.
53-45 BEAUTIFUL BALL OF FLACCADORS FOR THE TRAILER OF BILIGHA THAT SUPPORTS! New maximum advantage!
51-45 1/2 Hlinason.
Foul by Michele Vitali on the reception of Hlinason, two free (which, in the case, are better than taking two easy points).
51-44 2/2 Della Valle, and with 80 seconds before the interval is Italy’s maximum advantage!
Biligha unlucky on the fadeaway shot against Thorsteinsson, but Della Valle arrives on the rebound in attack and earns yet another pair of free throws.
49-44 FLACCADORS! With the nice movement from the average, feint, shot and +5!
47-44 2/3 Della Valle.
45-44 Thorsteinsson scores on a third opportunity, but immediately after committing a foul on Della Valle’s shot, giving him three free throws.
45-42 He makes the Della Valle add-on.
44-42 WHAT A DELLA VALLE BASKET! With all Thorbjarnason on he scores from the average and finds the extra!
42-42 1/2 Hlinason. 3’45 “at the end of the second quarter.
Rebound in attack by Hlinason who sees the ball literally fall on him, almost scores, but finds Biligha’s foul and two free.
42-41 Make the Fridriksson add-on.
42-40 Fridriksson jokes about time Tessitori, who is late on helping and commits a foul on the opponent’s basket: additional free. Third foul for the Virtus Bologna center.
42-38 WEAVERS! One turn and roll for +4!
40-38 From the average Alviti!
38-38 Poisoned tooth for Gudmundsson, triple from the left side. However, the game is quite enjoyable.
38-35 PAJOLA STRIKES FROM THE ARCH! And there is time out for Iceland this time!
35-35 Gudmundsson reaches the iron in his former sports hall.
35-33 OF THE VALLEY! Found on the tip of three, Italy returns to the front 7 ‘from the interval!
32-33 3/3 Della Valle.
Foul on Della Valle’s triple from Jonsson, there are three free shots for the Brescia player.
29-33 A frenzied Fridriksson goes all the way.
29-31 First two and also in good safety by Alviti!
27-31 It starts with Fridriksson who places the triple.
TOP SCORER – ITALIA: Mannion 10; ISLANDA: Fridriksson 9
The last shot on both sides does not enter, it ends a literally fiery first quarter in terms of realization veins on both sides.
27-28 Again Mannion’s response in dribble, arrest and shot!
25-28 Ermolinsky’s triple front well built.
25-25 1/2 Ton.
Tonut tries to reach the support, suffers a foul that is not even nice since it falls badly, and at 58 ″ 6 from the first siren he will be able to go and shoot two free throws; bonus sold out, inter alia, for Iceland.
24-25 Nice runner with support for Steinarsson’s scoreboard.
24-23 2/2 Della Valle.
Della Valle passes on Akele’s block, Jonsson also passes but stops him on the shot: free.
22-23 Again Mannion for three! The idol of the house no longer stops in all respects!
19-23 Fridriksson finds the loose ball and leans against the glass in transition, calls Sacchetti time out with just over 3 ‘to play.
19-21 Jonsson backdoor that works.
19-19 Mannion for equality! Definitely proilific attacks so far.
17-19 Jonsson three from the right side.
17-16 MANNION! Place the front triple! 4 ‘at the end of the first quarter.
14-16 Triple with the hand in Olafsson’s face.
14-13 Fridriksson arrives to lean against the glass.
14-11 BILIGHA! Average!
12-11 MICHELE VITALI! From the Tessitori exhaust to the triple!
9-11 Tonut fetches the baseline from the right side and rests!
7-11 Again Hlinason found with realization under the basket, 2’30 “elapsed.
7-9 AKELE! He made his debut with a three-point shot!
4-9 Fridriksson col fade away.
4-7 Inside the add-on.
4-6 Fridriksson runs on the counterattack, finding a basket and a foul by Mannion who then goes out for Akele.
4-4 Hlinason continues to benefit from the first leg.
4-2 Rapid sequence of baskets, it is Tonut who scores the blue one.
2-0 First possession in Italy with Tessitori who immediately leans against the glass.
20:32 Communication error of the Italian quintet, however now we can start!
20:30 And for this very reason there is also a minute of silence. “Stop war now” on the ledwalls of PalaDozza.
20:28 Italy who will play today with dedications also visible on the players and on Meo Sacchetti against Ukraine, in this moment of extreme difficulty for the country that is under Russian invasion at the moment.
20:26 Meo Sacchetti changes the starting five.
7️⃣ Tonut
5️⃣4️⃣ Pajola
4️⃣5️⃣ Akele
1️⃣6️⃣ Tex
3️⃣1️⃣ Vitali#FIBAWC #Italbasket pic.twitter.com/tc7i90ROUJ— Italbasket (@Italbasket) February 27, 2022
20:24 Time now for the presentation and the national anthems.
20:21 Less than ten minutes at the beginning of the confrontation that could decide the blue destiny in many ways. A confrontation before which the FIP president Petrucci did not spare his thunder against numerous aspects of current European basketball.
20:18 The warm-up of the blues.
One and only one goal tonight. ????#FIBAWC #Italbasket pic.twitter.com/FnlAhf813R
— Italbasket (@Italbasket) February 27, 2022
20:15 Sold out at the plant in Piazza Azzarita. Or rather, sold out to the extent that the current Covid-19 situation allows.
20:12 Only one change compared to Hafnarfjordur’s 12, and Diego Flaccadori is back on the roster in place of Matteo Imbrò.
20:09 On a purely sporting level, a fundamental game for the fate of the Azzurri not so much in terms of the first phase as on the projection linked to the second. We need a victory to have a less restless outlook from next September.
20:06 This is Craig Pedersen’s Iceland:
# 3 Aegir Steinarsson (1991, 185, P, Acunsa Gipuzkoa – Spain)
# 6 Jon Axel Gudmundsson (1996, 195, G, Crailsheim Merlins – Germania)
# 7 Sigurdur Gunnar Thorsteinsson (1985, 195, A, Tindastoll)
# 9 Thorir Thorbjarnarson (1998, 198, G, Zwolle – Netherlands)
# 10 Elvar Fridriksson (1994, 182, P, Antwerp Giants – Belgium)
# 12 Kari Jonsson (1997, 192, G, Value)
# 14 Kristinn Palsson (1997, 197, G, Grindavik)
# 15 Martin Hermansson (1994, 190, P, Valencia – Spain)
#21 Olafur Olafsson (1990, 194, G, Grindavik)
# 29 Pavel Ermolinskij (1987, 203, G, Valur)
# 32 Tryggvi Hlinason (1997, 215, C, Zaragoza – Spain)
# 66 Sigtryggur Arnar Bjornsson (1993, 180, P, Tindastoll)
20:03 This is the roster today available to Meo Sacchetti
# 00 Amedeo Della Valle (1993, 194, G, Germani Brescia)
# 1 Niccolò Mannion (2001, 190, P, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
#6 Paul Biligha (1990, 200, C, A|X Armani Exchange Milano)
# 7 Stefano Tonut (1993, 194, G, Umana Reyer Venice)
# 12 Diego Flaccadori (1996, 193, P, Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
# 16 Amedeo Vittorio Tessitori (1994, 208, C, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
# 18 Matteo Spagnolo (2003, 194, P, Vanoli Cremona)
# 19 Raphael Gaspardo (1993, 207, A, Happy Casa Brindisi)
# 31 Michele Vitali (1991, 196, G / A, Umana Reyer Venezia)
#44 Davide Alviti (1996, 200, A, A|X Armani Exchange Milano)
# 45 Nicola Akele (1995, 203, A, Nutribullet Treviso)
# 54 Alessandro Pajola (1999, 194, P, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
20:00 Good evening to all OA Sport readers, and welcome to LIVE LIVE of the Italy-Iceland match at the PalaDozza in Bologna.
Sacchetti’s 12 for today – Iceland-Italy
Good evening to all OA Sport readers, and welcome to LIVE LIVE for the fourth match of group H valid for qualifying for the World Cup in Philippines, Indonesia and Japan 2023 between Italy and Iceland. It is played at PalaDozza, three days after the Hafnarfjordur match.
We arrive at this confrontation with Iceland who knew how to do just that in their arena, after a contest that lasted two extra times. Hlinason was the main defensive puzzle, unsolvable for the team coached by Meo Sacchetti, who tried unsuccessfully to use the opposite weapon, that of the little ones (finding however, among the longs, a commendable Biligha).
The National team returns to the stadium in Piazza Azzarita three and a half years after the last time, finding it sold out (as far as is allowed by current health safety regulations). Recovered Diego Flaccadoriwho will play in place of an impalpable Imbrò in Icelandic soil.
Clearly this match will have only one possible result for the Azzurri: victorysince a defeat would seriously damage not the possibility of passing to the second phase, but the performance of the same, with the associated risk of not going to play the world championship.
The match between Italy and Iceland will start at 20:30. Have fun with OA Sport LIVE LIVE!
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