Pordenone: Dubickas and Vieversys promise show and results
https://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/sport/2022/11/09/news/pordenone_dubickas_e_vieversys_promettono_spettacolo_e_risultati-12228391/One has just arrived in the city and, over time, aims to conquer the PalaCrisafulli. The other, despite being in Friuli for a few months, a few days ago took the team in his arms. They have in common nationality, which rarely crosses in this slice of Italy. Two Lithuanians arrive at the Pordenone attack: they are Justas Vieversys, new guard of the Horm System, and Edgaras Dubickas, Pordenone center-forward, capable of scoring three goals in the last two games.
Class 2000 the first, class 1996 the second, the two still don't know each other. They will do soon, because in addition to the flag, they have the passion for basketball in common. And it could not be otherwise, since the former Soviet Republic is the European temple of basketball.
In fact, Dubickas, before dedicating himself tout-court to football, frequented the basketball in Marijampolé, the town from which he comes, which is located in the northwest of Lithuania. In addition to being very close to the Polish border, the town is only a 50-minute drive from Kaunas, one of the most important centers of the country and in particular home to Zalgiris, a club that has written the history of the national ball. The number 7 of Pordenone said he was a great fan of the green and whites, which he follows in particular in the Euroleague.
And when he still lived in Marijampolé, he often frequented the Zalgirio arena. President of the company is the legendary Arvydas Sabonis, born in Kaunas and raised in Zalgiris, whose jersey he wore before moving to Spain (to Vallodolid and Real Madrid) and later in the NBA to the Portland Trail Blazers. Dubickas has not hidden that one day he will make a trip to PalaCrisafulli: you have to believe him, given his interest but also for the curiosity to support one of his compatriots live.
With his homeland, the striker of the Ramarri maintains a special relationship. He cares a lot about the national team, in which he played four times. However, he is very focused on Pordenone. He had in fact been called up for the last matches of the selection, played a month ago, but chose to refuse the call to integrate more into his new team, which he joined only last August.
A choice that was appreciated by the managers at De Marchi, who focused on the moral qualities of the boy as well as on the talent of the player. "Dubi" is very close to Tomas Danilevičius, current president of the Lithuanian Football Federation and, in particular, former striker of Bologna, Parma and Livorno. Just in the latter city the player of the neroverdi has played in the past. And in his stay in Livorno, he lived in the house of Danilevičius.
Edgaras has been in Italy for eight years, he returns home at most twice a year, but the bond with his country, as you can see, is still strong.
