3 hours agoKosovo basketball triumph against Slovakia
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Kosovo has scored victories in its first friendly match against Slovakia by two, which will take place in Bratislava. Kosovo, in this match, won 69-61, which is estimated very important for this phase of preparations. Our representative had the upper hand in most of the match and arrived at a quarter [...]
Our representative had the advantage as a result in most of the match and managed to complete the first quarter by 18:17, while after 20 minutes Kosovo's supremacy was 37:33, the FBK official page said.
At the beginning of the second part, Kosovo had a crisis in the game, and this allowed Slovakia to come out for a few minutes in the upper hand, but a series of notes 9:0 turned the outcome to Kosovo's benefit, which with a few oscillations held it to the end, when it also won eight points of superiority. Gent Rugova scored eight points in the first quarter, and the match ended with 14 points in all.
Dardan Berisha finished the match with 18 points and seven Assistics were author of several crucial notes in the fourth quarter, while Erjon Kastrati concluded the match by 12 points. The team led by Coach Brad Greenberg tomorrow ( Wednesday) holds the second match against Slovakia, starting at 16:30.
Prior to Slovakia, Kosovo had held a friendly match with Austria in Kapfenberg, where Austria's national won, although the match was marked with problems in reference that affected its course and as a result.
Kosovo has two more friendly arrangements towards Albania this weekend and will then hold exercises in Pristina until the start of the first qualification matches for the World Championships 201911).
Kosovo is in the pre-qualification group with Macedonia and Estonia, while the first match takes place against Macedonia on 2 August in Pristina.
