Sergio Scariolo announces the players who will continue preparing the Spanish national team for the pre-Olympic games
Sergio Scariolo announces the players who will continue preparing the Spanish national team for the pre-Olympic games
After completing the first stage of concentration in Malaga, coach Sergio Scariolo announced the list of players who will continue their preparations for the pre-Olympic games, which begin next week in Madrid.
This Saturday, the men’s team completed the first stage of preparation for the pre-Olympic championship in Valencia. A week of work at the embassy base, after which the “Ultimate Coach” has identified a group of players who will continue training, starting next Monday, have already settled in Madrid, and where the players who took part in the tournaments will last join the group. matches with their clubs.
The players who will not remain in the Spain squad are Sergi Garcia, Fran Guerra, Josep Puerto and Edgar Vicedo, whom coach Sergio Scariolo wanted to “thank for the good job they have done this week.”
This Monday in Madrid, the rest of the group that began preparations in Malaga will meet again with the reinforcement of Sergio De Larrea. Also joining will be NBA players Santi Aldama and Usman Garuba, as well as those who recently completed their club season: Alberto Abalde, Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Lull, Juancho Hernangomez and Lorenzo Brown. “The rest of the players will gradually join. From Monday we start again, approaching the time of the competition and we hope to get together next week,” said Sergio Scariolo.
The coach also assessed the first days of training positively: “It was a very good working week. “It’s very helpful to get back into the rhythm of competition for players who have been unemployed for a while.” At the same time, he expressed his gratitude to the U20 men’s national team, since “it was very useful to work with them, since they have a large number of players who we are closely monitoring for the future of the national team and who will now continue to prepare for EuroBasket.”
The national team will continue preparing for the pre-Olympic championship in Madrid, where on June 25 it will play its first friendly match against Italy. The last preparatory match will take place on June 28 in Alicante against the Dominican Republic, followed by the pre-Olympic game in Valencia against Lebanon on July 2.