YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP France’s Evan Fournier goes to the basket as Latvia’s Andrejs Grazulis tries to block during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group G match between France and Latvia at Indonesia Arena in Jakarta on August 27 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
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The French basketball team, here represented by Evan Fournier, was eliminated in the first round of the Basketball World Cup, this Sunday, August 27 in Jakarta
SPORT – A Wemby misses you, and your team is eliminated. The French basketball team was released in the first round of the World Basketball, this Sunday, August 27 in Jakarta. The Blues were beaten 88-86 by Latvia.
It is a huge disappointment for the France team, which was aiming for the title one year from the Paris 2021 Olympics. The Blues, crushed at the opening by the Canadians (95-65), can no longer join one of the two first places in Group H are Canada and the Latvians (two wins each).
However, they led by 12 points at the start of the last quarter (74-62) but saw the Latvians go ahead for the first time in the match 37 seconds from the end (87-86) before Sylvain Francisco missed. , three-point, siren victory shot.
Nando de Colo disqualified for a gesture of humor
The leader was on the ground because France, which is on the three current international podiums (3rd in the 2019 World Cup, finalist in the 2021 Olympics and Euro 2022), was deprived of the holder of the post Nando De Colo. The Asvel player, one of the Blues executives at the World Cup, joined the locker room five minutes from the end after a second technical foul, synonymous with disqualification. He had to leave his partners for a gesture of humor when he benefited from a foul.
“Hot, it’s a big disappointment. We fell mentally, we fell physically, we weren’t together.declared Nicolas Batum at the microphone of BeIN at the end of the meeting, visibly very moved for his last World Cup.
Vincent Collet’s men also lost far too many balls (20!) against a private selection of his star Kristaps Porzingis and who was playing in the first World Cup in its history.
Under the cheers of her large colony of supporters, she qualified for a second round that the Blues will not see. “Our team is beautiful and being beautiful is good, but going out on the pitch and getting your hands dirty is better”explained the pivot Rudy Gobert, disappointing during this World Cup.
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2023-08-27 15:40:47
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