Valencia, 21 June 2021 – The adventure to the fans ends in the worst possible way European women’s basketball dell‘Italy. The blue team surrenders to Sweden of the former technical commissioner Marco Crespi in the play-off for the quarter-finals, collapsing 46-64. The 19 points of Cecilia Zandalasini, the only one able to find the bottom of the retina continuously. For the rest it is a disaster, mainly the result of 2/21 at the 3-pointer and 16 turnovers. Due to this defeat, the national team led by Lino Lardo he will not be able to participate in the tournament that qualifies for the next World Cup, scheduled in Sydney from 22 September to 1 October 2022.
Sweden always in control
The Azzurre start badly (15-7 for Sweden in the 6 ‘), they also slip into double figures behind and at the end of the first quarter they are under 19-11, shooting with bad percentages and collecting several turnovers. The music does not change in the second period, in which the Scandinavians also run away at +13 (27-14 at 15 ‘). Before the break the girls of the Lardo coach go up with shots, but at 20 ‘they are still 10 points down on 30-20. The gap widens further in the middle of the third period (37-24 at 24 ‘), before Zandalasini’s outburst. The new Virtus Bologna player tries to keep her national team in the running (45-37 at 30 ‘), but Sweden are too square and effective to dream of a comeback.
Italy: Keys 2, Romeo 3, Bestagno 5, Carangelo 5, Zandalasini 19, Pan, De Pretto ne, Andrè 1, Cinili 2, Attura 2, Cubaj 5, Penna 2. All. Bacon.
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