Argentina travels to Recife for the basketball AmeriCup | After the 95-77 victory against the Bahamas in Mar del Plata

Barely hours after the victory against the Bahamas in Mar del Plata by 95-77, the Argentine basketball team left this Tuesday for Recife to assume from Saturday the dispute of the so-called AmeriCup (Copa América) of the discipline.

Without much time to rest, the albiceleste team left the seaside resort and headed swiftly towards Buenos Airesfrom where he went to Brazilian territory, where he will compete until September 11.

Facing this continental competition, the team led by DT from Bahia Néstor ‘Che’ García learned of the loss of the forward from Mar del Plata Patricio Garino, who was excluded from the list due to a “grade I” injury to the biceps femoris of the right leg“.

It seemed that the Santa Fe pivot wing Juan Francisco Fernández (Fuenlabrada, Spain) was going to be his replacement. However, in the afternoon, the Argentine Confederation (CAB) confirmed that the Buenos Aires forward Máximo Fjellerup (Girona Basket, Spain)who recovered from muscle discomfort would be the twelfth player on the list.

The other players affected by the Argentine national team are the bases Facundo Campazzo (Denver Nuggets, USA); José Vildoza (Flamengo, Brazil) and Nicolás Laprovíttola (Barcelona, ​​Spain). the escorts Leandro Bolmaro (Utah Jazz, USA) and Carlos Delfino (Libertas Pesaro, Italy); the eaves Juan Pablo Vaulet (Baxi Manresa, Spain), Nicolás Brussino (Gran Canaria, Spain) and Gabriel Deck (Real Madrid, Spain). The pivot wing Tomas Chapero (Ourense, Spain) and the interns Marcos Delía (BC Wolves, Lithuania) and Tayavek Gallizzi (Córdoba Institute).

The Albiceleste Combined will debut in the continental competition this Saturday at 1:40 p.m. facing his pair from the Virgin Islands. Then, Argentina will face Puerto Rico on Sunday, September 4, starting at 8:10 p.m., while on Tuesday, September 6, it will face the Dominican Republic, at the same time.