“We have a final against Greece and it depends on us”


It is a maximum of basketball that The matches are decided by small details. Sergio Scariolo repeated it to talk about Italy-Spainthat defeat that leaves the selection on the edge of the precipice and forces him to win Greece on Tuesday or expect a favor of Georgia against Bosnia. However, The Triumph of the Italians was based on two great details: Mouhamet Diouf and Saliou Niang, two forces of nature born in Dakar but play for Italy.

Diouf and Niang have made us a destruction

Sergio Scariolo, Spanish coach

“They have hurt us a lot. They have made us a destruction. In man to man, against defense in zone … “, said the Spanish team. Diouf made 14 points and eight rebounds. Niangunstoppable, appearing anywhere, ended with 10 points, 10 rebounds, two caps And, above all, a feeling of terrifying physical superiority.

Willy Hernangómez, plugged by Darius Thompson.

Willy Hernangómez, plugged by Darius Thompson.EFE

Scariolo of the Spissu offensive rebound that then transforms two free throwsof the triples who went to Limbo (10/38), some of them released, of the failures from the staff (13/22) … “We have played according to what we had prepared, but there is also the rival and its physical level, which is very high”he influenced.

Do not leave depressed

The match against Greece, waiting for a possible Georgian favor, can be a final And we will have to see how it affects the defeat against Italy. “I have told the players that it was not a match that has to be depressed or shattered. We have not known how to specify that great result that we have had almost the whole game, “explained Scariolo, which recommended” normality, rest, recover, see the video of how we have to improve, try to take another game plan and try to implement it the 40 minutes. “

As almost always, we are at the limit, but we depend on us. A game remains and we have to give everything

Willy Hernangómez, pivot of the Spanish team

In the locker room they prefer to focus on their own and not wait for others. “It depends on us yet, so the other party has to give us the same. Our mentality is that we have a final against Greece and that's it, ”said Darío Brizuela. It is not a new situation for the selection. “As almost always, we are at the limit. We depend on us, there is a party and we have to give everything, “he said Willy Hernangome.



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