The Italian national basketball team for athletes with Down syndrome never stops collecting laurels. On Saturday, at the PalaGozzano in Padua, coach Bufacchi's Azzurri won their third consecutive European title by beating Finland 34-18 in the final.
Comeback statement for Italy, who after a slow start (6-2 for Finland at the end of the first quarter) accelerated with an 8-0 break and then definitively took control of operations in the second half.
The continental title (which adds to three other World Cups won in recent years) has come to the end of an immaculate journey, which has seen the national team overcome, in order, Hungary (33-12), Turkey (27-23) and Portugal (31-7).
Two Sardinians were part of yet another winning expedition: the Quartese athlete of Atletico Aipd Davide Paulis (in double figures in the final with 10 points on the scoresheet) and the assistant coach Mauro Dessì .
