Angola got off to a dreadful start in the first game losing by a margin of 59:105 to Serbia. The newbies will look to find their feet and figure out ways to get back to winning form.
Italy on the other hand had a good outing first time around with Gallinari scoring 16 points as well as four assists and three rebounds against Philippines helping them to a 108-62 win.
This is a group D match.
Match Timing: September 2, @ 01:00 PM IST
Venue – Foshan International Sports & Cultural Arena
Capacity- 14,700
Angola’s coach after the previous match said that it was not a satisfactory game for him. However it is unlikely that he will not back the combination that finished in the top 6 of the qualifying to make it into the competition. He will be relying more on the execution by his team. Carlos Morais proved to be the only consolation as he scored 15 points in a losing cause against Serbia, the coach will look at more of the same from him.
Jose Antonio, Gerson Domingos, Hermenegildo Mbunga, Eduardo Mingas, Carlos Morais, Olimpio Cipriano, Jerson Lukeny Goncalves, Valdelicio Joaquim, Leandro Jacques Conceicao, Reggie Moore, Yanick Morais, Leonel Paulo
The squad for this world cup did not feature the name of Brian Sacchetti and Giampaolo. They were dropped by head coach Romeo Sacchetti, while Nicolo Melli missed the cut because of an Injury. The Italian team will once again depend on the services of Danilo Gallinari and along with him Luigi Datome is expected to play an important role for the team.
Paul Biligha, Luca Vitali, Danilo Gallinari, Daniel Hackett, Amedeo Della Valle, Marco Belinelli, Awudu Abass, and Luigi Datome, Alessandro Gentile, Ariel Filloy, Jeff Brooks, Amedeo Tessitori
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ANG – Yanick Moreira, Carlos Morais, Reggie Moore, Olimpio Cipriano, Gerson Domingos
ITA – Danilo Gallinari, Luigi Datome, Alessandro Gentile, Marco Belinelli, Daniel Heckett
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Italy are expected to boss this game and continue their winning run against Angola and Angola would have to come up with something special if they have to harbor any hopes of winning in this game.