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Tomorrow evening, at 8.30 pm at PalaDozza, (live on ELEVEN SPORTS, Sky Sport 1 and Sky Sport Action, text on PianetaBasket), theItalBasket seek the ransom against theIceland after the last knockout came Thursday night in Hafnarfjordur after two extra times.
Technical Commissioner Meo Sacchetti has opted for a change in the roster compared to Thursday night’s match in Hafnarfjordur: Diego Flaccadori will take the place of Matteo Imbrò in the 12 who will take the field for the fourth match of the first phase.
These are the words of coach Sacchetti: “For the situation in Ukraine, sport must send a strong message. We are at the Palaborsa, which together with the PalaDozza has made the history of Bolognese and Italian basketball. Just as the public in Bologna gave us a great hand in 2018 for the match against Poland (FIBA World Cup 2019 Qualifiers), we know that they will support us in the best possible way tomorrow as well. Getting a result is very important to us. We will be up to the challenge that awaits us ”.
Thus Captain Azzurro Amedeo Della Valle: “On the part of the team there is a desire for revenge. We will start from the defense, and we trust in the support of the public. Congratulations to Iceland for last Thursday’s victory, but we can’t wait to take the field and make up for the other night ”.
I 12 Azzurri
# 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)
It staff
Federal President: Giovanni Petrucci
Head of Delegation: Salvatore Trainotti
Technical Commissioner: Meo Sacchetti
Assistants: Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati
Physical Trainer: Matteo Panichi
Orthopedist: Raffaele Cortina
Doctor: Sandro Senzameno
Physiotherapists: Roberto Oggioni, Francesco Ciallella
Team Manager: Massimo Valle
Press Officer: Francesco D’Aniello
Videomaker: Marco Cremonini
Materials Officer: Andrea Annessa
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)
Coach: Craig Pedersen
Assistants: Baldur Ragnarsson, Hjalti Thor Vilhjalmsson
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Italy-Iceland: minute of silence and white shirt for the victims of the war in Ukraine
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