Two Sardinian players in the men's national team are a record: playmaker Marco Spissu and winger Gigi Datome have been called up by coach Gianmarco Pozzecco for Monday's match in Almere (19.30) against the hosts of the Netherlands, valid for qualification at the Fiba World Cup 2023.
In reality, both teams have already qualified for the second round after the exclusion of Russia, where, however, the points gained in the first phase are brought with them. If Italy wins it will therefore have a legacy of 6 points thanks to the double success against Holland and the one over Iceland.
The Olbiese winger Gigi Datome returns to blue after three years. He does so as a new champion of Italy with Olimpia Milano, a title he won with Poz as deputy to Ettore Messina. Datome boasts 175 appearances in blue with 1,579 points.
The playmaker Marco Spissu instead entered the national team in 2020 and since then has always been called up for the matches of the various competitions, including the Olympics. For the Sassari who played in Russia with Unics Kazan last year, it will be match number 18 in the national team, where he has so far scored 103 points.
The presence of two other former Dinamo players should also be underlined: the Amedeo Tessitori center and the Achille Polonara alapivot. Three, if you add the coach Edoardo Casalone, vice of Pozzecco also in the national team.
The summoned
# 00 Amedeo Della Valle (1993, 194, G, Germani Brescia)
# 0 Marco Spissu (1995, 184, P, UNICS Kazan - Russia)
# 6 Paul Biligha (1990, 200, C, A | X Armani Exchange Milano)
# 7 Stefano Tonut (1993, 194, G, Umana Reyer Venice)
# 13 Simone Fontecchio (1995, 203, A, Saski Baskonia - Spain)
# 16 Amedeo Tessitori (1994, 208, C, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
# 17 Giampaolo Ricci (1991, 202, A, A | X Armani Exchange Milan)
# 25 Tommaso Baldasso (1998, 192, P, A | X Armani Exchange Milan)
# 33 Achille Polonara (1991, 205, A, Fenerbahce Beko - Turkey)
# 54 Alessandro Pajola (1999, 194, P, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
# 70 Luigi Datome (1987, 203, A, A | X Armani Exchange Milan)
# 77 John Petrucelli (1992, 193, G / A, Germani Brescia)
