Marco Belinelli on not being part of the National team during the summer: 'I was injured, the criticism bothered me' / News - Basketnews.com

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Marco Belinelli, star and new captain of the Virtus Bologna, spoke to the Italian show 'La Domenica Sportiva' and returned on the criticisms that he received for not being part of the Italian NT during the summer.

Marco Belinelli

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"Physically I wasn't ok, I had already told that to my team and I had also spoken with Petrucci, the president of the Federation. I can understand that they felt bad about it but it was the same thing for me. So when I started to receive criticisms for my decision, it bothered me, I'm not gonna lie".

The criticisms came also from Petrucci himself, who complained about the decisions made by Belinelli and Datome to not join the National team during the summer.

Belinelli also answered a question about his new role of captain with Virtus Bologna: "I'll give my best. Yesterday, Luca Vitali texted me and told me that I was already the captain of the youth team when I was around 15-16 years old, I don't remember if it's true, but if it is, so it's the second time".

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