Portugal suffers defeat in the under-20 basketball Euro
With this terb, 3rd place in the trios dispute, on Saturday, a place between and the defeated Italy-Czech Republic, being they have unfar and to win on Sunday, on the return of the 13th. .º and 14.º positions, not to be relegated to division B – the last three selections go down.
Against the Germans, Portugal sought to show a better level, after having lost against France the day before (54-41) and, consequently, eliminated in the round of 16.
With the initial period (22-22) being the one in which the balance was notorious, the Portuguese ended up studying in the following one, scoring just 10 points against the 24 of the Germans, who went to the break with a very comfortable advantage (46-32 ).
The German supremacy remained in the third period, with the difference shooting, for the first time, to a gap of 20 points in the scoreboard, but the total ‘disaster’ would happen in the last period, with Portugal already ‘wanting’ the end of the meeting.
Ruben Prey was the athlete with four points on the Portuguese side, with 18 points, six rebounds and four assists, well supported by teammate André Cruz (11 points and rebounds). Already in the Germans, Sananda Fru stood out with 11 points and six rebounds, as well as Len Shoormann (18 points).