THE National Youth defeated in exhalation by Italy with 70-68 in the race for 9th place in his final ranking Eurobasket U18 and finished 10th.
Greece was generally superior and essentially lost their own game, having also found themselves at +12 (22-34). The leader for the “blue and white” was with 14 points Pagonis and 13 added o Spartanwhile Liotopoulos, Amposi and Avdalas failed to stand out this time.
It is worth noting that the Dame Sir her Italy scored 6 points in the last 14 seconds, giving his team the win.
The match
The first quarter was poor offensively. A total of 16 points were scored and the score 8-8. The image of the game improved along the way, the Greek team took the lead with four consecutive points by Prekas (10-14, 11’30”), Alexakis gave a double-digit value to the difference (22-32, 17′) and Liotopoulos led to +12 (22-34, 18′).
Italy entered the second quarter with an 11-0 run to reach 42-38 (23’14”), Greece came close (54-50, 29’10”), Spartalis equalized (64-64, 37 ’50”) and Komnianidis gave the lead (64-66). Alexakis led to +4 with 16” to go, but Sar with a three-pointer and a foul made it 68-68 and with a follow-up at the end of time it was 70-68, giving the victory to his team.
Referees: Torres Sanchez (Spain)
Ten minutes: 8-8, 31-38, 56-50, 70-68
Greece (Josifides): Vlassis 3 (1), Prekas 4 (1), Rozakeas 3 (1), Spartalis 13, Amposi, Avdalas 5 (1), Komnianidis 7, Patrikis 4, Alexakis 6 (1), Liotopoulos 9 (1), Chantzis, Pagonis 14 (1)
6 points in 14 seconds for Dame Sarr!
Unreal ending between Italy and Greece ??#FIBAU18Europe #FIBA #FCBarcelona #Barca #EuroLeague #Italy #Italia— Matteo Andreani (@matty_vanpersie) August 4, 2024
Source: Sport Fm
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