The first victory of the national team by Gianmarco Pozzecco has a strong Sardinian imprint. In Almere , Italy beats Holland 92-81 and wins first place in the group of the Fiba World Cup 2023 .
The play Marco Spissu scores 15 points with 3/5 of three to which he adds 5 assists. The Sassari player is the best of the match together with Fontecchio (22 points with 7/10 shooting) so much so that he is the player most used by Poz: 32 minutes on the pitch. The Olbiese winger Gigi Datome makes 11 with 2/5 of three.
The blues will go to the second phase with 6 points.
Good start of the blue quintet: Spissu, Tonut, Fontecchio, Polonara and Tessitori, two other former Dinamo. Italy always remains ahead after the first quarter (22-17) and they go to rest ahead by 9 lengths: 53-44.
In the third quarter it is also +16 before the Netherlands, coached by Buscaglia, close the gap, but the match is never in question.
The scores
Netherlands : Franke 30, van der Vuurst de Vries 7, Williams 7, De Jong 12, Ververs 2, Kherrazi, Van der Mars 2, R. Schaftenaar 1, Edwards 4, O. Schaftenaar 9, Haarms 7, Kok. All. Buscaglia .
Italy : Spissu 15, Della Valle, Biligha 10, Tonut 9, Fontecchio 22, Tessitori 4, Ricci 3, Baldasso ne, Polonara 15, Pajola, Datome 11, Petrucelli 3. Annex Pozzecco.
