The Wards of Bagatskis missed the victory in the final seconds and tortured themselves to reach the final part.
Within seconds, the Ukrainian men’s basketball team was away from the miracle. “Blue-yellow” in the framework of qualifications for the World Basketball Championship hosted the Spanish-titled team in Riga.
The whole floor battle was an equal battle and the opponents didn’t stray too far. Moreover, in the final seconds, the Ukrainians were +5 points in the lead, but the mistake and lack of restraint of our center Artem Pustovoy allowed the Spaniards to score 6 points simultaneously in an attack and come out ahead.
This lowest difference in the score in favor of the Pyrenees shone on the scoreboard even seven seconds before the last siren, then in the last attack the Ukrainian team could snatch the victory, but Vyacheslav Bobrov could not score from the bottom of the basket, which received a block. shot from the opponent. As a result, the Spaniards won with a time of 77:76.
Recall that the Ukrainian national team guarantees its own access to the second round of qualification. However, now it starts with not very good performance and there will no longer be the right to make mistakes. The Blue-Yellows will face Italy, Iceland and the Netherlands in the second qualifying round. On August 24 our team will meet with the Italians.
World Cup 2023. Qualification. Group G
Ukraine – Spain – 76:77 (19:20, 20:20, 21:17, 16:20)
Ukraine: Mikhailyuk (15 + 6 rebounds), Pustovoy (13 + 9 rebounds), Skapintsev (4 + 7 rebounds), Sidorov (5), Tkachenko (10), Krutous (9), Bobrov (8 + 7 rebounds), Zotov (2), Sanon (4 + 7 assists), Kovalev.
Spain: Jaime Fernandez (14), Brizuela (7), Colom (8), Bassas, Yusta, Pradilla (7 + 5 rebounds), Lopez-Arostegui (11), Diaz (5), Parra (8), Sima (7 )), Guerra, Size (10 + 5 rebounds).
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Source: korrespondent
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