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<\/p>\nGigi Datome shared his thoughts on EuroBasket 2025, where Italy is among the competing teams. He expressed his aspirations and insights in an interview about the tournament.<\/p>\n
Datome emphasized the importance of being ready to seize opportunities, drawing inspiration from the success of the Italian women\u2019s team that won bronze.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this Italy team worthy of a medal at the European Championships? Why not. It\u2019s my dream, I hope so. I didn\u2019t manage it as a player, although with France, Germany, Serbia, Greece, Lithuania, Turkey, Spain, Latvia, and Slovenia, how can you keep one out? <\/p>\n
But it\u2019s also true that the goal is to be there, ready to seize the opportunity, like the girls who won bronze did. Still short under the basket? In fact, if we think about make-or-break games, we\u2019ve always had to deal with Valanciunas, Marjanovic, and others.<\/p>\n
This year, however, we have Diouf, a player who\u2019s been missing for years and who allows us to use Melli as a \u201c4,\u201d so as not to have him exhausted under the basket where he has to battle with bigger centers. And then we have a whole series of small and big forwards who interchange.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regarding leadership on the team, Gigi Datome added:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re talking about points, it\u2019s undoubtedly Fontecchio, but there are different ways to be a leader. Captain Melli and Pajola are also leaders: three key players. I\u2019m not saying this to put pressure on them, but because they\u2019re the leaders due to their commitment and their status as players. And they\u2019re role models for the young players who look up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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