Highlights and score: Portugal 61-78 Argentina in Internatonal Friendly Match

We are leaving! This has been the coverage of the friendly international match between Portugal and Argentina.

Argentina did not maintain the same level as in the previous two quarters and, as a result, Portugal is getting closer to them on the scoreboard. The score is in favor of the “Albiceleste” 78 to 55.

Portugal accelerated in this last quarter and cut the difference with Argentina. Now it still loses, but it does it 76 to 50.

Portugal and Argentina play the fourth and final quarter of the international friendly at the Polideportivo Municipal Príncipes de Asturias.

Portugal advances, but fails to cut the distance generated by Argentina with good shots. The “Albiceleste” continues to win, but now it is 68 to 40.

Juan Pablo Vaulet and his double against Portugal

Argentina is playing really well and, for that reason, almost doubles the difference against Portugal, which after the good start could not keep up the intensity and is outplayed in every aspect. The “Albiceleste” wins 62 to 37

After the bad end of Portugal's first half, Argentina starts the third quarter looking to keep the result in its favor.

After turning the score around, the Argentine National Team kept up the intensity and stretched the score in their favor. Now they beat Portugal 37 to 28

After a start with the score against, Argentina turned it around and defeated Portugal 27 to 25.

Portugal beats Argentina 19-18 at the Príncipes de Asturias Municipal Sports Center.

Nicolás Brussino gave a pass from court to court for Gonzalo Corbalán to score a double and receive a foul.

At the moment, Portugal and Argentina are tied 9 - 9  at the Polideportivo Municipal Príncipes de Asturias

The match between Portugal and Argentina for an international friendly kicked off.

Pablo Prigioni said: “I want to highlight the effort of the CAB in a year where we do not have tournaments at senior national team level. Being able to carry out this training camp is very valuable so that the players do not spend so much time without getting together. The effort made is very important”.

 

Due to Pablo Prigoni's decision to give more importance to the young players and to those who did not have so much participation, Facundo Campazzo and Nicolás Laprovittola will not be options for the coach and will rest for tomorrow's game against Spain. 

In addition to the aforementioned Travente Williams, there were players who had very high performances in this tour. Gonçalo Delgado, André Cruz and Ricardo Monteiro were important for the development of Portugal's last matches.

For this match, with an eye also on tomorrow's match against Spain, Pablo Prigoni will give more participation to the young players. This afternoon, Marcos, Corbalán, Bocca, Redivo, Giovannetti, Garino, Brussino, Vaulet, Trouet, Fernández, Chapero and Bressan will be at the coach's disposal.

The “Albiceleste” team has played five matches against European teams in the last three years. In addition to the recent loss to Portugal and the recent victory over Great Britain, Argentina lost to Belgium on August 5, 2023, beat Czech Republic on August 4, 2023 and lost to Spain on July 27, 2021.

In the last 10 years, Portugal's Senior Men's National Team only played against Argentina on July 12 and now it will do it again. All other matches have been against teams from other continents.

Facundo Campazzo said: “I found a group with a lot of desire to learn. There are people who are having their first opportunities in the Senior National Team along with other half with more experience. We are working well, trying to assemble all the pieces and continue building our identity as a group”.

The “Albiceleste” visited the Old Continent to also play a tour in this advantage of international friendly matches between national teams. The first game was the match against Portugal, on July 12, which ended in defeat. Then they won two consecutive victories against Great Britain on July 13 and South Sudan on July 15. Now they will have a rematch against Portugal and, on July 19, they will close their participation in this trip against Spain.

In this window of international matches, Portugal will play a total of five games in almost a month. The first game was on June 25 against the Dominican Republic, which ended in an 80-79 defeat. Then it had a double match against Slovakia: the first one was on July 4 with a victory for Slovakia, while the next one was on July 5 and ended with a victory for Portugal. They will also play a double date against Argentina, first they beat them on July 12 and now they will have the chance to beat them again.

Argentina 81-72 South Sudan
Argentina 85-70 Great Britain
Portugal 73-63 Argentina
Chile 79-77 Argentina
Argentina 90-78 Chile

Portugal 73-63 Argentina
Slovakia 74-76 Portugal
Slovakia 65-63 Portugal
Dominican Republic 80-79 Portugal
Ukraine 77-79 Portugal