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Third quarter started.
17:03 The third quarter is about to begin!
17:01 Meanwhile, in the same group as Italy, Ukraine beats Iceland 79-72. And it is a result that the Azzurri like very much.
16:58 Teams already on the field to warm up for the third quarter.
16:55 Vital key to this first half of the match on 10/20 from three of our national team, with three triples made by Michele Vitali, two by Spissu and Mannion and one each by Pajola, Ricci and Tessitori. Overall, however, we manage to hit many open pitches, and it counts.
16:52 Paul Biligha, that is the Italian wall.
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TOP SCORER – GEORGIA: Shermadini 12; ITALY: Vitali, Tessitori 9
40-43 Triple by McFadden from eight meters, helped by the block that pushed Pajola away. Thus ends the second quarter.
Georgia timed out with 8″8 on the clock in the second quarter.
37-43 PIPPO RICCI! And this is very heavy!
37-40 McFadden scores with some help from the iron.
35-40 2/2 Weavers.
Make him left normal, he is the third of Tsintsadze. 52″6 at the second siren.
Tsintsadze does it very hard on Tessitori, there’s a review to figure out whether to upgrade to unsportsmanlike. Which would be deserved, given that the arm and face were hit, but certainly not the ball.
Last minute of the second quarter.
35-38 2/2 Shermadini.
Rebounding foul by Baldasso, there are free throws for Shermadini.
33-38 Shengelia again under the basket for Shermadini’s easy support.
Do it by Spissu who, 2’17” from the second siren, exhausts Italy’s bonus, Georgia had already done it previously.
The time out arrives for Georgia with 3’18” to play in the quarter.
31-38 STILL VITAL! Third triple for him!
31-35 Shengelia for Shermadini.
29-35 Weavers with the +5 semi-hook!
29-33 Make the additional Biligha.
29-32 BILIGHA! He finds the basket and is fouled by Shengelia!
29-30 Somehow the ball gets close to the basket to Bekauri who supports.
27-30 OFTEN! No rhythm, but she sets it!
27-27 And Sanadze’s equalizer arrives.
Pozzecco’s time out arrives with just over 6’30” to play in the second period.
24-27 He makes the two free throws of the Sanadze technicians. Throw-in Georgia. 7’03” at the end of the second quarter.
And also technical for Pozzecco who vehemently protested against the sanction. This is a complex blow to handle, given the state of Mannion in these games.
Flopping technician booed against Nico Mannion. And that means expulsion. A whistle frankly difficult to define.
22-27 The ball for Georgia circulates well on the arc, triple by Tsintsadze.
Game stopped due to some problems with the stopwatch, the game restarts with 8’02” to play in the second quarter.
Pajola is everywhere in defense, but these are moments in which Italy is not realizing chances. 8′ at the end of the second quarter.
19-27 NICO MANNION! And we are at 7/12 from three for the blues!
The second quarter begins.
TOP SCORE – GEORGIA: Shermadini 6; ITALY: M. Vitali 6
And so ends the first quarter!
19-24 FROM THE CELESTIAL BLOCK OF BILIGHA TO THE TRIPLE OF PAJOLA!
19-21 Biligha’s big basket away!
19-19 2/2 Berishvili, Georgia throw-in. 1’27” at the end of the quarter.
Quite incomprehensible unsportsman booed in midfield against Nico Mannion, there are two free throws for Berishvili.
17-19 Nice ball inside for the trailer of Shermadini who supports.
15-19 First Biligha stops Shengelia, then commits interference under the basket on Shermadini’s shot and there are two points.
13-19 MANNION! Directly after the rebound he finds the triple of +6 at 3′ from the end of the first quarter!
13-16 1/2 Shengelia.
Shengelia beats Ricci and takes home the foul while shooting; the blue number 17 had been stopped shortly before by Shermadini. There are two free throws.
12-16 Pajola’s intuition is perfect with Spissu being crushed to the ground on the weak side: triple!
Halfway through the first quarter.
12-13 MICHELE VITALI IS HOT! Another triple out of the blocks!
12-10 Make the McFadden add-on.
11-10 Winning penetration by McFadden who beats Petrucelli and also suffers the foul on Tessitori’s help.
9-10 Forcing of McFadden who, however, is right.
7-10 Fast transition from Spissu’s steal that leads Ricci to easy support!
7-8 VITAL! With the triple of +1 after 3′.
7-5 Counterpartial and overtaking with a triple from Tsintsadze.
4-5 Shengelia for Shermadini’s dunk.
2-5 Stop and shot from Sanadze’s average.
0-5 Semigancio di Tessitori, the center of Venice got off to a great start!
0-3 The triple from Tessitori arrives immediately!
DOUBLE BALL! Georgia first possession.
16:00 Teams on the pitch!
15:59 The teams are at their respective benches. Tbilisi palace not completely full, but warm.
15:58 QUINTETS – GEORGIA: Tsintsadze McFadden Sanadze Shengelia Shermadini; ITALY: Often Vitali Petrucelli Ricci Tessitori
15:56 The hymns are over, and it will soon be a tap-off!
15:53 The two teams have lined up, and it’s time for the national anthems.
15:51 Less than ten minutes to the tap-off!
15:48 Italy has played in Tbilisi four times: in the 1999 European qualifiers and then in a 2015 pre-European tournament in which, in addition to the Azzurri and the hosts, there were also Estonia and Latvia.
15:45 There is an important fact that underlines the importance of the possible blue world qualification. For 32 years, in fact, there have not been two consecutive accesses, because Italy has always been particularly fluctuating in terms of qualification for the world championship. And, before 2019, the last time, in 2006, it was half a wild card.
15:42 From one national team to another: after the men’s one, on 24 and 27 November at PalaBarbuto (against Switzerland and Slovakia, again at 19:00) the women’s team will take the field, awaited by European qualifiers in which they essentially managed to earn already a year ago an important viaticum towards risk-free access.
15:39 The fact that Italy can play the last two games of the February window depends on today’s challenge with the certainty that they already have the ticket for Japan-Indonesia-Philippines 2023 in their pocket.
15:36 These instead are the 12 blues:
#0 Marco Spissu (1995, 184, P, Human Reyer Venice)
#1 Niccolo Mannion (2001, 190, P, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
#6 Paul Biligha (1990, 200, C, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
#16 Amedeo Tessitori (1994, 208, C, Umana Reyer Venice)
#17 Giampaolo Ricci (1991, 202, A, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
#24 Riccardo Moraschini (1991, 194, G/A, Umana Reyer Venice)
#25 Tommaso Baldasso (1998, 192, P, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
#30 Guglielmo Caruso (1999, 208, A/C, Openjobmetis Varese)
#31 Michele Vitali (1991, 196, G/A, Unahotels Reggio Emilia)
#40 Luca Severini (1996, 204, A, Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona)
#54 Alessandro Pajola (1999, 194, P, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
#77 Giovanni Petrucelli (1992, 193, G/A, Germani Brescia)
15:33 These are the 12 Georgians, most of whom we also saw in August:
#4 Rati Andronicashvili (2001, 193, Sol, Creighton – NCAA)
#6 Kakhaber Jintcharadze (1993, 196, A, Al Kahraba – Iraq)
#8 George Tsintsadze (1986, 192, P, TSU)
#9 Giorgi Shermadini (1989, 217, C, Tenerife – Spain)
#10 Duda Sanadze (1992, 197, G, Borac – Serbia)
#12 Georgi Korsantia (1998, 207, A/C, Gostivar – North Macedonia)
#17 Mikheil Berishvili (1987, 204, A, ASDC – Iraq)
#18 Merab Bokolishvili (1992, 194, G, Cactus Tbilisi)
#23 Tornike Shengelia (1991, 206, A, Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
#25 Thaddus McFadden (1987, 188, G, Murcia – Spain)
#33 Beka Bekauri (199, 209, A/C, TSU)
#99 Ilia Londaridze (1989, 205, A/C, Kavkasia)
15:30 Good afternoon to all OA Sport readers, and welcome to the LIVE LIVE of Georgia-Italy. The world championship qualification is in the air.
Italy-Spain – Italy-Georgia – Italy qualifies if…
Good afternoon to all OA Sport readers, and welcome to LIVE LIVE of the fourth day match of the second phase of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers between Georgia and Italy. Group L stops today at the Tbilisi Arena, already seen for the last European Championships.
An important day for the Azzurri, who by bringing home the victory would earn a direct ticket to play the World Championships in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines without waiting for next February’s window. Gianmarco Pozzeccofor this match, he confirmed the same 12 he wanted in the team in Pesaro, in the match he lost against Spain.
Georgia comes from the difficult 85-88 success in Iceland, in which the score confirms how many risks the team has run Tornik Shengelia the main lighthouse. There is also the other character of the country still active with memories left largely in Italy, Giorgi Shermadini, although his is a descending parable of his career.
Italy tries to extend the streak of victories against the Georgians: 11 games, 11 wins. First confrontation on 28 February 1998 in Siena, the last on 27 August in Brescia, in the first leg in which there was also an injury to Daniel Gallinari.
The match between Georgia and Italy will see the ball kick off at 16:00. Have fun with the LIVE LIVE of OA Sport!
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