Note that the “blue-yellows” had a powerful second quarter, which allowed them to go on a break, having an advantage of 11 points (26:15). The first ten minutes ended in a draw - 19:19.

In the third quarter, the Italians significantly added, which resulted in their advantage - 22:38. In the final, fourth ten-minute period, the Ukrainians quickly leveled the score, but in just three minutes they collected 5 fouls, which began to affect discipline, simple errors in defense began to appear. In the end, 25:22 in favor of Italy and, as a result, the final victory of the guests.

The Ukrainians won the rebound in the game 40 vs 33, hit an equal number of long-range shots (7 each) and showed the same result in assists (24 each), and the implementation of two-pointers was even better than the opponent - 30 out of 52 (58%) in Ukraine against 24 out of. Free throws became decisive - Ukrainians converted 8 out of 10, while Italy - 28 out of 31.

The most productive player in the Ukrainian national team was Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk, who scored 11 points, but 8 of them were in the first quarter. Three more of our players recorded 10 points in their asset. Note Denis Lukashov with 10 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Your attention is a video review of the match between Ukraine and Italy.

Here is how the head coach of the Ukrainians Ainars Bagatskis commented on the game of his wards.

" In the third quarter, we lost aggression, and Italy found the rhythm, they scored a lot, I think a lot of free kicks. Look, if one team shoots 27 free throws in two quarters, and the second team shoots six, it's too much..

On the other hand, I can say that we played aggressively in defense, but it's still shit. This not normal. We tried to get back in the game, there were good chances, but we didn't manage to do it.. My congratulations to Italy,” said the coach of the “blue-yellow”.

Three days later, on August 27, Ukraine will play the next qualifying match for the 2023 World Cup away against Iceland;

After five rounds, the Blue-Yellows have six points and are in fifth place in the group.. The top three teams from each group will advance to the World Cup. Currently, these positions belong to Spain (9 points), Italy (9) and Georgia (8).