Italy is looking for oxygen in the enemy's lair. At 2 pm Italian time , Pozzecco's Azzurri face the Philippines , landlords, to detach the pass for the second phase. Spissu, Datome and company need a victory to guarantee qualification, after Sunday's defeat against the Dominican Republic. But it might not help.
In fact, if Angola were to beat the Dominican Republic in Italy, it would be enough not to lose with a difference of more than eleven points . This by virtue of the separate ranking, where the Azzurri would be strong of the +14 inflicted on Angola.
Not only. In the event of the blue success, if Angola were to beat Towns and his companions with a gap of less than 23 points, Italy would even go through from first in the group . In the event of a transfer, a new group of four teams would face each other, valid for access to the quarter-finals.
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)