06/23/2021 at 11:10 PM CEST
Spain says goodbye to its dream of successful the third consecutive gold after falling this Wednesday in the quarterfinals in opposition to Serbia after an extension (71-64) during which the issues of the closing stretch of the final quarter elevated whereas reverse Sonja Vasic was deadly.
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SERBIA, 71
(13 + 10 + 20 + 16 + 9): Ana Dabovic (2), Tina Krajisnik (5), Aleksandra Crvendakic (2), Jelena Brooks (7), Sonja Vasic (19) -starting five-, Maja Skoric (2 ), Yvonne Anderson (17), Sasa Cadjo (2), Nevena Jovanovic (15) and Angela Dugalic.
SPAIN, 64
(15 + 10 + 19 + 19 + 2): Laia Palau, Cristina Ouviña (14), María Conde (5), Astou Ndour (12) -starting five-, Laura Quevedo, Raquel Carrera (9), Maite Cazorla (11 ), Queralt Casas (2), Silvia Domínguez (5) and Leonor Rodríguez.
REFEREES
Amy Bonner (United States), Martin Horozov (Bulgaria) and Wojciech Liszka (Poland). They eradicated the Spanish Raquel Carrera for 5 fouls (44:25).
INCIDENTS
Match comparable to the quarterfinals of the ladies’s Eurobasket performed earlier than about 1,000 spectators at the Fuente de San Luis Pavilion (Valencia).
All the forecasts pointed to a good duel and they have been completely fulfilled with a clear predominance of defenses and steady contacts that weren’t indicated and that provoked the protests greater than justified by Lucas Mondelo.
The Spanish obtained cancel in the first half one of the nice stars of his rival, Vasic, the Spar Girona participant who retired to the locker room with three factors (and 5 rebounds) with a tragic 1/6 from discipline objectives.
With Cristina Ouviña and Astou Ndour as references, the present European champions took 4 factors forward of 3:27 from the end of the first quarter (8-12), however Serbian nationalized American Yvonne Anderson led the restoration Balkan (13-15 after the first 10 minutes).
Spain began the second quarter very properly on the scoreboard with two consecutive baskets by Raquel Carrera (17-25 at 5:04 intermission), however from there these of Marina Maljkovic (daughter of the legendary Barça coach Bozidar) intensified their stress to get nearer to 2 factors (23-25) that Ndour expanded simply earlier than intermission (23-27).
Ndour went to 12 factors in the first motion of the third quarter (23-29). It was a mirage. Nevena Jovanovic’s emergence with eight factors and two triples along with the offensive issues of the Spanish contributed to show the scoreboard (35-32).
They suffered these of Lucas Mondelo to remain alive and completed the fourth completely with 5 factors from Maite Cazorla and two free throws from Cristina Ouviña to steadiness the battle in the absence of the final 10 minutes (43-43).
Spain couldn’t with the Serbian defense in the key moments
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Silvia Domínguez emerged with a sensational triple to return the five-point revenue to Spain (45-50) and all the things appeared to be going properly regardless of makes an attempt to place stress on the defense of the Balkans by extending the result in six Laura Gil (53-59).
Nevertheless, Yvonne Anderson scored seven consecutive factors in each means potential (two free throws, a two-shot, and a triple) and Serbia attacked to take the lead with a minute from time. with 60-61. And Vasic scored … however proper after possession ran out.
The Spar Girona star had accomplished a powerful second half and went to 17 factors after a basket with the reverse of people who she executes completely. 62-61 in the absence of 18.4 and with possession for Spain. And a single fault from Serbia! Cristina Ouviña had two free throws to win the match. He scored one and a minimum of compelled extra time (62-62).
Spain had solely scored two free throws in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter and solely scored one other two in an extra time during which that they had no choices whereas Vasic was relaxed to complete with 19 factors. In the end, 71-64 and … to consider Saturday to win a spot in the Premundial.
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