The Argentine basketball team faces the United States for one of the AmeriCup semi-finals. The game is played in Recife, Brazil, broadcast by TyC Sports and DirecTV. The winner of this match will play for the title against the winner of the duel between Brazil and Canada, who will meet in the second round starting at 20:40.

In the previous one, victory against Venezuela

The team now led by Pablo Prigioni calmly beat Venezuela (76 to 53) in the quarter-finals and greatly improved their defense against a second-tier rival for the squad presented.

Point guard Facundo Campazzo and striker Gabriel Deck stood out, both with 12 points, in a game in which the difference allowed to distribute the minutes on the pitch between the 12 members of the squad.

“We started from the lowest to the highest. We improved as the games and the tournament progressed. The demand grew as we progressed and we responded very well to the rival’s leveling up,” the point guard said. Cordovan in dialogue with the media.

“We always have to worry about what we do. Be solid on the defensive, don’t lose focus. The United States requires one hundred percent of you, both physically and mentally,” Campazzo analyzed.

The other semifinal will be between Brazil and Canada, starting at 20:40.