Ideal start for the National Youth Team, they came back from -20 and beat Italy!

The nightmare became… a dream for her National Youth!

THE Hellas the match started tragically against Italy and quickly found himself at -20, but he showed “toughness” and returned to the match, reaching a great victory (88-83) in his premiere Eurobasket U18!

Excellent performance from all who stepped on the court after a poor start, when the Azzurri also took the lead with a score 1-21. From there, however, the “blue and white” gradually gnawed away at the difference, took a “head” in the third quarter, and never lost it until the end of the match. It is noted that there was an interruption of almost an hour, after a bad injury to an Italian player and also the falling of water on the parquet due to the torrential rain.

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The leader of the match was Alexander Samonturov, who scored 20 points on 6/12 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Excellent too Lefteris Liotopoulos with 13 points, while Hitikoudis and Abosi added 10 each. Very positive in the fourth quarter and Neokles Avdalaswho scored 8 points, handed out 3 assists and made 2 steals in 15′.

The match

THE Hellas he did not enter the match well, with Italy taking an early lead 0-10 with Greppi and Torresani leading the way. The “downhill” continued, with the Sar and Grappy to make it 0-18, before the score reached 1-21. Greece gradually “awakened” with Samonturov and Abosi, reducing to 15-24 before the end of the first quarter. Somewhere in there, a serious injury to him Stefano Conte and the presence of water on the floor due to the torrential rain, interrupted the match for some time, which eventually continued normally.

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Gradually, with their protagonists Liotopoulos and Hitikoudi, Greece reduced the gap to 6 points (22-28). Greece continued its counterattack, cutting to 28-34 and trying to take the lead in the match. With Samonturov and Abosi to take action, the difference fell even further, resulting in nil at the break (38-38).

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In the third period, it was time for the National Team to take the reins of the match, with Hitikoudi to put her in front of the score for the first time (40-38), before he himself nailed it after an impressive assist from Komanidis for 42-38. Greece could not escape, however, with an excellent Samonturov held a slim lead throughout the period (50-46). Springtzios scored a big three-pointer and Kalliontzis scored a surprise layup for the first +7 of the National Team (55-48). The third quarter ended with the National team leading 58-54.

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In the last period, the “blue and white” fully imposed its control, with Abdala and Kalliontzis to raise the difference to +9 (7-58). Greece kept the reins of the match, despite Italy’s attempt to re-enter the match, reducing to 5 (77-72). THE Abdala with a layup he made it 79-72, while o Hitikoudis made a big basket for 81-75. Sar with a three-pointer reduced it to 81-78, making the match a derby, but Samonturov with an important hook made it 83-79 and Komnianidis finished the case with victory (86-79).

The quarters: 15-26, 38-38, 58-54, 88-83

Detailed match statistics here