Italbasket, Luca Banchi picked the 12 Azzurri for Iceland
At the Nova Arena press room, the press conference was held to present Italy-Iceland, the first of the two games of the first ‘window’ FIBA World Cup 2027 qualification that the Azzurri will play in Tortona tomorrow at 8 p.m. (Live SkySport Basket, Now and DAZN).
Technical commissioner Luca Banchi selected in the evening the 12 Azzurri for the game against the Icelandic national team: out are Elisèe Assui, Leonardo Candi, Diego Garavaglia and Riccardo Rossato. Debuts for Francesco Ferrari, Matteo Librizzi, Luigi Suigo and Luca Vincini.
“We come from fruitful days of work and in this sense training in such a modern and hospitable facility has helped us, we have to game forcefully optimize the shared moments because the time available to us is reduced – said Banchi -. In the boys I found great willingness in finding an understanding and a quick knowledge of each other. We want to try to show the best possible face, I can already assure that there will be no lack of spirit and determination and we will then try to add quality of play”.
“We face a team for 9/12 is the same team from the last European Championship and that has had the same coach on the bench for 11 years. In short, our situations are different but we will certainly be ready, the sun-out in this sense gives us more motivation. The attempt is to find a balance between immediate competitiveness and futuristic of the group, I have 16 athletes at my disposal and I can already anticipate that from Friday Nico Mannion” will join the gathering.
concluded the coach of the Azzurri.
The 12 Azzurri
00 – Amedeo Della Valle – 1993 – 194 – Guard – Germani Brescia
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7 – Stefano Tonut – 1993 – 194 – Guard – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
16 – Amedeo Tessitori – 1994 – 207 – Center – Umana Reyer Venezia
19 – Gabriele Procida – 2002 – 198 – Guard/Ala – Real Madrid (Spain)
24 – Francesco Ferrari – 2005 – 205 – Wing – Gesteco Cividale del Friuli
25 – Tommaso Baldasso – 1998 – 192 – Guard – Bertram Tortona
26 – Luigi Suigo – 2007 – 220 – Center – Mega Superbet Basket (Serbia)
28 – Davide Casarin – 2003 – 196 – Guard – Ferramenta Vanoli Cremona
33 – Achille Polonara – 1991 – 205 – Wing – Banco di Sardegna Sassari
37 – Matteo Librizzi – 2002 – 181 – Playmaker – Openjobmetis Varese
44 – Sasha Grant – 2002 – 201 – Wing – Ferramenta Vanoli Cremona
50 – Luca Vincini – 2003 – 207 – Wing/Center – Banco di Sardegna Sassari
77 – John Petrucelli – 1992 – 188 – Guard/Ala – Trapani Shark
