Completely dominated in the first half, the Belgian Lions made a fantastic comeback before failing on the wire.
Belgium did not go far from carrying out the perfect hold-up! Because the lions came back from very far before failing on the wire. Only three places separate Belgium (18th) and Latvia (15th) in the European ranking. But last night on the floor of the Mons Arena, in the first half, we had the impression that the gap was much larger between the two teams as the Lions suffered to put their game in place against the solid templates opponents.
In addition to having to do without his main axis with the injuries of his captain Sam Van Rossom and his starting center Ismaël Bako, Dario Gjergja also had to save Jean-Marc Mwema (back) at the last minute. Three elements whose experience and athletic qualities will have been lacking in the Belgian team against the Latvians who offered no gift. From the first exchanges, we felt the Lions dominated in the physical fight.