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Gianmarco Pozzecco decides to cut Amedeo Tessitori from the Italian national team, which now has its final 12-player roster for the upcoming EuroBasket.

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During the press conference to introduce the game against Georgia, the Italian national team's head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco announced the last cut for the roster.

Amedeo Tessitori

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The head coach has decided to cut Reyer Venezia center Amedeo Tessitori and continue with a 12-player roster.

"I was undecided until the very last moment, he's [Tessitori] an amazing guy," said Pozzecco.

27-year-old Tessitori last season played for Virtus Bologna and recently signed a contract with another Italian club, Reyer Venezia.

The Italian center last season with Virtus averaged 4 points, and 2.6 rebounds in the EuroCup competition.

Remaining 12-man Italian NT roster:

0 Marco Spissu (Umana Reyer Venezia) 1 Niccolo Mannion (Segafredo Virtus Bologna) 6 Paul Biligha (Armani Exchange Milan) 7 Stefano Tonut (Armani Exchange Milano) 8 Danilo Gallinari (Boston Celtics - NBA) 9 Nicolò Melli (Armani Exchange Milan) 13 Simone Fontecchio (Utah Jazz - NBA) 17 Giampaolo Ricci (Armani Exchange Milano ) 25 Tommaso Baldasso (Armani Exchange Milano) 33 Achille Polonara (Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Turkey) 54 Alessandro Pajola (Segafredo Virtus Bologna ) 70 Luigi Datome (Armani Exchange Milano)

Italian NT schedule:

27 August, Italy-Georgia (Brescia, World Cup 2023 Qualifiers)

2 September, Italy-Estonia (Milan, EuroBasket 2022 )

3 September, Italy-Greece (Milan, EuroBasket 2022)

5 September, Italy-Ukraine (Milan, EuroBasket 2022)

6 September, Italy-Croatia (Milan, EuroBasket 2022)

8 September, Italy-Great Britain (Milan, EuroBasket 2022)

10-18 September, Final phase of 2022 EuroBasket in Berlin, Germany.

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