Argentine basketball is concentrated in two very important competitions: the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics and the U19 World Cup that is taking place in Latvia. The juveniles managed to take another step towards the dream and defeated Turkey 76-74 in the round of 16 with an agonizing triple over the horn. It should be noted that the albiceleste integrated the Group C with France, Spain Y South Korea where he finished third to access the knockout stages.
The game had been complicated for Argentina after the European representative hit the two free games with 3.4 seconds remaining. Gonzalo corbalan asked for the ball at the baseline exit and began to face the rival ring: dodged two opponents and shot from behind the three-point line with two other marks on top.
The launch bounced off the glass and was all net to raise the celebration of the entire team led by Daniel Farabello who will face Serbia, first in Group B, in the quarterfinals next Friday July 9.
The partials of the duel against the Turks were 18-18, 20-11, 10-21 and 28-24 to close the victory of the national team. Gonzalo Corbalán was the great figure of the game with 25 points (9/12 in field goals), four rebounds and three assists. In the collective score, they accompanied him Franco Mendez with 11, Manuel Rodriguez Ortega Y Juan Fernandez with 9 each. On the other hand, the efforts of Furkan Haltali (19 points) and Tibet Gorener (18) were not enough to win the match.
Since Las Vegas, the squad preparing to go in search of a medal in Tokyo closely followed the youth game in the restaurant of the hotel where they are staying. Attentive gaze of Sergio Hernandez, Luis Scola, Pablo Prigioni and the entire coaching staff that will begin the Olympic dream on July 26 at 1.40 in the morning in front of Slovenia. “What madness! Who was? Yes, it is worth again “, exploded the Sheep, Argentine coach, when he saw the play that gave him the pass to the next round at the Sub 19.
Argentina selected USA as the best place to prepare for the Olympic Games. On Monday he joined the training Gabriel Deck who tested positive for coronavirus and recovered without problems in his hometown, Colonia Dora. With the full roster, Sergio Hernández continues working to make the best possible tournament. It should be noted that it shares the Group C with those commanded by Luka doncic, Spain (Thursday 29/7 at 9am) and Japan (Sunday, August 1 at 1.40).
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