23:25
PalaBigi, Gudmundsson also present
Also present at the match between Italy and Iceland was the player from Fiorentina, Albert Gudmundsson. The Icelandic also exchanged his shirt with the Italian national team in a photo published on social media.
23:15
Pozzecco: “Happy for the qualification but wrong approach”
These are the words of Pozzecco nel post-match: “We had the wrong approach to the game, we shot too many three-pointers and dribbled too much. We lost that flow that we had found in recent days, they played very well. I’m happy with the qualification, but this way we’ll understand that you can lose to anyone in these qualifiers. However, I am happy to have achieved the goal.”
23:00
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22:39
Italy, Ricci is not enough: Pozzecco ko
They are not enough 18 points from a wild Ricci (top scorer)then followed by the 10 of Flaccadori and Vitali. Pozzecco et al for the first time in group B.
22:29
+++ Iceland beats Italy 81-74 +++
Nothing to do about it Italy, 81-74 defeat by Iceland. Game marked by a disastrous first quarter, where the Azzurri accumulated sixteen points behind. Pozzecco’s Azzurri are there anyway already qualified for the European Championships by virtue of the three victories in the first three days of group B.
22:24
Italy-Iceland: 72-78
Ricci again, unleashed in the last minutes, but Italy is at -6 a few seconds from the siren.
22:19
Italy-Iceland: 66-77
The gap increases to eleven pointswith Ricci’s triple avoiding an even bigger disadvantage.
22:12
Italy-Iceland: 60-70
The Icelanders heavily increase the gap, which is time to ten points a five minutes to go.
22:05
Italy-Iceland: 57-61
Melli misses the free throw and Italy stays four points below when there are seven minutes left in the match.
21:57
Italy-Iceland: 56-58
The third quarter ends with the teams still close in score: the Azzurri are at just two points by the Icelanders. Everything will be decided in the last quarter.
21:54
Italy-Iceland: 54-53
The second overtaking by the Azzurri arrives, with Basile who finds a great triple and puts Pozzecco’s team ahead.
21:40
Italy-Iceland: 41-42
The Azzurri overtake, taking the lead for the first time in the match. However, Iceland regains its composure and finds the counter-overtakingwith Pozzecco calling another timeout for his team. Italbasket is there and is back in the game after a disastrous first quarter.
21:30
Teams on the pitch, let’s start again
The interval ends, Italbasket will have two quarters to recover the three-point deficit on the Icelanders, after having recovered thirteen only in the second quarter.
21:17
Italy-Iceland: 29-32
The overtaking does not arrive but Italy has almost completely reassembled the disadvantage, moving only three points away from their rivals at the end of the second quarter. Now the interval.
21:09
Italy-Iceland: 27-28
Comeback crazy of the Italbasket of Pozzeccowhich moves to just one point away with three minutes of the second quarter still to play.
21:01
Italy-Iceland: 19-28
Timeout for the guests, the Azzurri continue to grow and manage to take the lead -9.
20:57
Italy-Iceland: 15-25
The Azzurri did better in the second quarter, and after a few minutes they already managed to reduce the deficit to 10 points.
20:52
Italy-Iceland: 9-25
Triple on the siren by the Icelanders, who surprisingly bring on a heavy hitter +16 on the Azzurri. First fourth shock for Italbasket which, however, let us remember, is already mathematically qualified for the next European Championships.
20:47
Italy-Iceland: 6-18
The gap of the Azzurri increases, now below 12 points behind. Pozzecco tries to wake up his team with another timeout.
20:42
Italy-Iceland: 4-12
Very bad start for the Azzurri, down by a lot 8 points. Pozzecco calls the first timeout to give his team a shock.
20:38
Italy-Iceland: 4-7
Guests ahead after the first minutes of the game thanks to the foul converted by Thrastanson which is worth +3.
20:32
Italy-Iceland: let’s begin!
The challenge begins at the PalaBigi in Reggio Emilia. To jump Melli who wins the ball for the Azzurri.
20:30
Squad in the field, PalaBigi soldout
The two teams are finishing the warm-up, now it will be time for the national anthems in front of a PalaBigi completely sold out for this challenge.
20:20
Italy, last meeting in the November window
This challenge at the PalaBigi will close the November of Italbasket, which will then return to February for the last two group matches against Hungary and Türkiye.
20:08
+++ European Championships, Italy already qualified! +++
The first match of the day in group B ends with Hungary beating Turkey for 81-76. By virtue of this result the Italy of Gianmarco Pozzecco he already gets the math qualification for EuroBasket 2025. For the Azzurri, therefore, the qualification issue is already closed even before taking to the field.
20:05
Basketball, Italy chasing their fourth consecutive victory
Italbasket is on the hunt for fourth consecutive success. The last victory was a few days ago, against Iceland in Reykjavik (95-71 for the Azzurri). Pozzecco’s team wants to close the qualification issue, while the Icelanders are looking for redemption after the home defeat.
20:00
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19:45
Basketball Italy-Iceland: time and where to see the match
The Azzurri challenge Iceland in Reggio Emilia in the decisive match for the qualifiers for the next European Championships. READ EVERYTHING
