The first phase of the work of theItalBasket to the Pre-Olympic Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The five days of training in Trento allowed the coach Gianmarco Pozzecco to work with an extended group made up of senior Italian veterans and another group of young and very young prospects, who would have been destined for the Green Team if there had been time to organize matches like in 2023 against Spain. Not only that, the work done with the coaches called to enrich the staff and the work in the gym should also be highlighted. A series of concrete actions, therefore, aimed at working together to grow in a common vision (technical and human) which the coach holds dear and which was at the center of a remote debate with Ettore Messina.
Pozzecco’s choices
Before starting work in Folgaria Poz he operated i first cuts and first additions. Leonardo Marangon, Federico Miaschi, Grant Basile, Francesco Ferrari (watch out for the boy who has plenty of talent, he will develop it with Pillastrini in Trieste), Leonardo Faggian, Federico Poser and Mattia Palumbo return home with Tomas Woldetensae and above all Amedeo Tessitori, the player with more experience among those greeted. “I have to say a few words to sincerely thank all the boys who have never spared themselves during training these days – the coach’s words -. I am increasingly convinced that the period was a priceless opportunity for us to see interesting athletes at work and who I hope can continue to grow. With enormous regret we say goodbye to Tessitori, who for his skill, experience and status would have deserved the Preolimpico and Woldetensae, a high level player who deserved to stay with us. In this intense summer it is already time to make painful choices”.
Italbasket, the second phase of preparation for the Pre-Olympic in Folgaria
The blue group will begin this afternoon second phase of preparation in Folgaria where he will train until Friday and then move to Trento on Sunday for the first friendly test against Georgia (7pm, live on Sky Sport). Added to the group are the veterans from the championship final which ended last Thursday: Giordano Bortolani, Guglielmo Caruso, Nicolò Melli, Giampaolo Ricci and Stefano Tonut; Awudu Abass, Alessandro Pajola, Achille Polonara. And they are Marco Spissu, Niccolò Mannion, Danilo Gallinari, Davide Casarin, Michele Vitali, Mouhamet Diouf, Sasha Grant and John Petrucelli. Of these sixteen, 4 will be cut to complete the team for the Pre-Olympic. The choices after Georgia and then Spain in Madrid (25 June, 8pm).
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