Friendly of selections – friendly – working day 99
Spain took a few minutes to impose its rhythm against Venezuela on Friday night (87-57). The current world and European champions showed their level in the first of five friendlies to prepare for the World Cup in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan. When Scariolo’s men took the lead, they did not stop increasing the distance on the scoreboard and ended up overwhelming Venezuela in the WiZink Center pavilion in Madrid.
Juancho, the MVP of the Eurobasket final, emerged as the leader of the starting five and was decisive throughout the game with 27 points. A slap from the new Panathinaikos player made Spain go 20 points ahead at halftime (46-26). In the second quarter Venezuela could only add six points. The South American team abused the outside shot, afraid of going into the area. After the break, Spain continued to set the pace of the game as a letter of introduction for the World Cup that starts on August 25 until September 10.
The coach Sergio Scariolo rested Ricky Rubio, Álex Abrines, Rudy Fernández, Sergio Lull and Willy Hernangómez, some of the most veteran of this team that seeks to repeat the achievement achieved in China in 2019. The Family faces the challenge with enthusiasm and enthusiasm and the road to the World Cup begins with an important victory. There are still four friendlies ahead to get in shape in which they will face Luka Doncic’s Slovenia (Friday 11), the United States (13), Canada (17) and the Dominican Republic (19).
Scariolo still has to rule out four of the 16 shortlisted for the championship, and apparently on the field, the Italian will have a difficult time.
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