Italy did not qualify, in wheelchair basketball, for the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Canada won the pass for the season following the Olympics, beating Carlo Di Giusto’s Azzurri 72-60. This is an absurd defeat also for the opposite path of the two teams (3-0 Italy, 0-3 Canada).
The match, for the record, was decided in the second and third quarters, when the Azzurri also ended up 20 points down, confirming the notable offensive difficulties that had already been seen against Germany. The problem is that, this time, the Canadians hold up well and the 16 points of the Carossino-Papi duo are easily answered by 23 from Patrick Anderson.
The minimum gap is 7 points, and Bedzeti’s counter-performance is decisive over all of them, 1/6 from the field and out due to fouls in the last quarter and already burdened with four at the start of the third.
He expressed himself like this Carlo Di Giusto to FIPIC: “I take responsibility for this defeat. We didn’t enter the field as we should have, we then struggled to regain our certainties and we paid dearly against a Canada team to which we must congratulate“.
ITALY – CANADA 60-72
ITALY: Carossino 16, Papi 16, Tanghe 7, Spanu 6, Raimondi 5, Santorelli 4, Raourahi 2, Boganelli, Giaretti, Benvenuto ne, Ghione ne. All. Di Giusto
CANADA: Anderson 23, Higgins 14, Dallaire 11, Goncin 11, Vermette 6, Jassman 4, Ostepchuk 3, Hedges, De’aeth ne, Melymick ne, Mutware ne, Hagkull ne. All. Palmer
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