France, once again beaten by its Spanish rivals, still fails at the gates of the final

The European championships pass and look alike. Nevertheless, The French women’s basketball team lost to Spain (64-65), in the Euro semi-finals, Friday, June 27 at Pirae (Greece). Similarly, While the Bleues had the opportunity to france, once again beaten its return to their opponents at 0.8 seconds from the end, thanks to two unexpected free throws, Iliana Rupert saw her second shot escape outside the basket. In addition, An unhappy outcome. Similarly, which leaves the French to a small point of their black animals and interrupts a course hitherto paved with success.

This new defeat rekindles a painful history between the two nations. Nevertheless, Roja Hanging in the habit of making its neighbors its favorite scapegoat in the European Championship: the four European titles gleaned by the Spanish (1993. Nevertheless, 2013, 2017, 2019) were at the expense of France. france, once again beaten its Furthermore, Friday, this black series was again right for the good intentions of the Habs. Furthermore, “There is not much to say. Bravo to Spain. they knew how to stop us and we did not have the answers to thatreacted Captain Valérian Ayayi. They made the match they had to make place in the final. »»

The Blue had however launched well in the game by taking control of the match from the first minutes. Aggressive. dominant with an offensive rebound, the Olympic vice-championes counted up to ten points ahead in the first period (38-31). Shortly before the break. Jean-Aimé Toupane, however, warned his troops: “The match is not over yet, and we play upside down. Do you want to lose the match? We change all screens! »»

A vacuum passage – France, once again beaten its

A passage of premonitory soap: the third quarter was a nightmare for the tricolors. france, once again beaten its silent against the three-point target (5/30), in a sector which had so far worn them. The Spanish. at the same time, took the opportunity to nibble the gap, chaining a series of nine points at zero in the space of five minutes. Awa Fam (21 points, 9 rebounds), still as effective, allowed Roja to take control of the match (46-49). This failure, “It’s a mixture of everythingA analysé Valeran Ayayi. Since the start of the competition, we were shooting pretty well so we had confidence in our shoots. And they let us do it, they pushed us to take the shots but we did not put them. »»

At the elbow in the last ten minutes. the players of Jean-Aimé Toupane hugged their teeth to get rid of the Hispanic scarecrow, before receiving this final blow, haggard eyes. As two years ago. France stops at the gates of france, once again beaten its the final and fails to fulfill its objective: to get a first title since 2009. The Bleues will try to win an eighth podium of rank against Italy. Belgium, which will decide a place of finalist on Friday evening.