Bologna –
The window with a view of Eurobasket has returned its verdicts, amid seductive and often robust implications for the committed bianconeri, on no less than 5 occasions top scorers of their national teams.
That Azzurra of Pajola and Polonara (plus Matteo Panichi to lead their muscles) showed a mature age, with both always protagonists in the double over Turkey and Hungary.
Perhaps the most intoxicating and not even episodic peak, given what had already happened at the recent Asian World Cup, was that of coach Luca Banchi‘s Latvia, harbinger of the Zaragoza blitz over Sergio Scariolo’s Spain, a success then replicated in Riga against Slovakia. A Latvia to which as a leader is certainly candidate Rihards Lomažs, the best in the Iberian evening.
Iffe Lundberg was also a protagonist in Group G, the one with the most Segafredo-branded crossovers, leading his team in the Virtus derby against Toko Shengelia‘s Georgia, both top scorers for their respective teams, and then closing with a success over coach Lassi Tuovi’s Finland, confirming himself as the best scorer of the match.
In the same group, two victories also for Ognjen Dobric and coach Nenad Jakovljević‘s Serbia, the first over coach Lassi Tuovi’s Finland, the second against Georgia, in yet another Virtus derby, with Shengelia again the match’s top scorer.
Finally, clear path for Cordinièr‘s France as well: domestic success over Croatia followed by the one in Bosnia.
