“” commentator Vladimir Gomelsky gave a prediction for the basketball World Cup quarter-final match between the United States and Italy.
The match will be held on Tuesday in Pasay (Philippines), watch the live broadcast of the Match! Thu” from 3:35 p.m. Moscow time.
– I’m surprised how the coach of the Italians Gianmarco Pozzecco, himself a very emotional person, managed to translate the emotions of the South into a normal and very high motivation for each game. It is probably necessary to speak here of veterans. Neither Nicolò Melli nor Luigi Datome are the most prolific Italian players, but their attitude and leadership skills allow others to prove themselves. For me, for example, Marco Spizzu’s performance was a pleasant surprise.
If the Americans play dumb, as they did with Lithuania, they might fly away. But the technical staff of the American team is too strong. And if they have any influence on their young stars, they should trap them. Besides, Americans, whoever you’re pointing your finger at, anyone can bring in twenty points or more, and go keep it. I think the Americans will win again here,” Gomelsky told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
In another quarter-final match, the Lithuanian team will play with the Serbian national team, the match will be broadcast live by , the broadcast will start at 11:35 Moscow time.
– Two teams of equal strength meet. The Lithuanians have center Jonas Valanciunas in this tournament, and they also have three-point shots. The perimeter of the Lithuanians is very strong. The Serbs have Stefan and Nikola Jovici, Bogdan Bogdanovich and Nikola Milutinov. But in any case, the Serbs have the remaining 11 players interchangeable. And no matter what I think of their coach Svetislav Pesic, he has the ability to strengthen any position by replacing him. Which he uses perfectly, thanks to his experience.
But if the Serbs don’t have a throw from Jovics or, say, Bogdanovich, then it will be very difficult to push something from the three-second zone into the opponent’s basket, even taking into account the high efficiency by Milutinov. So I think the odds are 50 to 50. The Lithuanians are inspired by the win against the United States and the Serbs are just stable.
The Lithuanian national team will play under great psychological pressure, because in Lithuania itself the expectations of victory are much higher. I really like their coach Kazys Maksvytis and I hope that this motivation they keep from match to match will help them tip the balance in their favor, – said Gomelsky.
Broadcasts of World Cup matches are also available on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
russian newspaper
Source : MatchTV
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