With an eye on the World Cup, Marquinhos is in China with the Brazilian Basketball Team
Bruno Nicolaci, physical trainer of Mais Querido, is also part of the national technical committee
By Romulo Paranhos - inThe Brazilian men's basketball team is already in China for the World Cup. Marquinhos and Bruno Nicolaci, Flamengo's forward and fitness coach, respectively, have been called up to join the national squad. The competition will be played between August 31st and September 15th in eight different cities across China.
Before that, Brazil will play two friendly matches against China. The first match will take place this Friday (23), and the second next Sunday (24). The national team's initial preparation phase took place in Goiânia.
"After a day of traveling, we did some physical and preventive work in the morning at the gym, with the aim of adapting to the time zone and arriving better prepared for this first court training session held in the afternoon," highlighted the red-and-black Nicolaci.
In the draw, Brazil was placed in Group F alongside Greece, Montenegro, and New Zealand. The Brazilian national team debuts against New Zealand on September 1st.
The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – BRB, TIM, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources generated by the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.