Italbasket, Pozzecco and good luck phone calls with Polonara

At the end of a match with a thousand emotions, the’Italy managed to fold Spain, winning its third consecutive victory at the European Basketball Championships. After losing, in the opener, to Greece, only successes for the Azzurri. Victories in the sign of the talisman Polonara.

A few minutes after the final buzzer, Pozzecco showed up for the classic postgame interview where he wanted to send a beautiful message to Polonara, who was engaged in another battle: “I often think of Achille (Polonara, ed.) and Tonno (Tonut, ed.), who are part of our family. I won’t hold it against my friend Tonno, but clearly for Achille we suffer even more because, in addition to not being here, he is in a hospital in Valencia. The first day in the locker room we called him to say hello before the game: he had his cell phone on silent and did not answer. As you know, we lost the game. Then from Georgia he always answered: with him on the phone we are three for three…” his words to Sky Sport.

In short, Polonara has become a sort of good luck charm within a group that is proving to be a real team, where everyone thinks about how he can help the other on the court and also off. Pozzecco, visibly moved, wanted to mention how Polonara (and Tonut) are also part of the group, even if not physically present.

Thanks to the success over Spain, Italy (now engaged in the last challenge of the round against Cyprus), could also finish in first place. Everything will depend on the challenge between Greece and Spain.