It started today, with the arrival of the Azzurri summoned by the Technical Commissioner Gianmarco Pozzeccothe gathering of Trent which will end on Thursday June 13th and which from the following day will leave room for Training Camp in Folgaria (14/21 June).
Saliou Niang was allowed to leave the national team gathering. There are 17 athletes available to the CT.
“We are more than happy to start this adventure – Pozzecco said – and as always we will give everything because the Olympic Games are the highest goal imaginable. From today we will train with commitment and enthusiasm along the different stages of preparation, also involving young and promising kids. The support of our fans will be decisive and I hope that there will be a full house in Folgaria from 13th to 21st June and in Trento for the match on 23rd June.“.
To enrich the Azzurro technical staff in Trento there will be, on rotation, Matteo Boniciolli, Stefano Pillastrini, Davide Bonora And Giuseppe Mangone. Davide Villa And Michele Carrea they will instead be present at the Training Camp in Folgaria. Also in Folgaria, the training sessions will be refereed by Manuel Mazzoni.
Waiting for the Scudetto Series to end in Virtus Bologna And Olimpia Milanthe national team’s technical staff will work with the athletes available to start building the team which after two friendly matches (June 23 against Georgia in Trento And 25 June against Spain in Madrid) will fly to Miami and then to Puerto Rico to play the Tournament Pre Olympic (2/7 July). The Trento gathering will also be an opportunity to see some of the most interesting talents on the Italian basketball scene at work. The coach wanted to give continuity to the “Green Team” project launched last year with the two friendlies against Spain in Torrejon de Ardoz.
The national team therefore returns to Trentino, where for several seasons it has found the ideal conditions to prepare for major international competitions. Also this year there are expectations on theAlp Cimbra hundreds of fans ready to support the boys from Pozzecco from the stands of Folgaria sports hall (Via delle Nazioni Unite 21/b, all sessions open). A now fixed and much appreciated event is the presentation of the Team in Piazza Guglielmo Marconi: the event will be held, in the presence of the coach Pozzecco and a player from the national team, Saturday 15 June at 6.00 pm and will be open to the public.
Wednesday 19 June from 5pmalso in Piazza Marconi, the Azzurro Awudu Abass will interview, together with Thomas Marinohis club and national teammate Achille Polonara as part of his podcast “Step Out On Tour”. Again, the event is open to the public.
Saturday 22 June The press conference to present the friendly match that the Azzurri will play in Trento the following day, Sunday 23 June, against Georgia will take place in Trento.
The stay in Trentino will therefore come to an end Sunday June 23 at the “The T Quotidiano Arena” at 7.00 pm with the tenth edition of the “Trentino Basket Cup” and the challenge to Georgia of Tornik’e Shengelia. Expected start at 7.00pm live on Sky Sport. Tickets are still on sale at this link.
Tuesday 25 June at WiZink Center in Madrid, Azzurri against coach Sergio Scariolo’s Spain (8.00 pm live on Sky Sport). The flight to June 26th You love mewhere the Azzurri will undergo two days of training before moving permanently to San Juan, Capital of Puerto Rico and home of the Pre Olympic tournament. After his debut against Bahrain (July 2) the match against the home team (July 4). In case of passage of the semi-final and eventual final round with the first two classified in the group it includes Lithuania, Mexico And Ivory Coast.
