2023-06-20 14:26:00
After a difficult group phase on the pitch but where they finished without the slightest defeat, Les Bleues arrive in the quarter-finals with the ambition of going all the way and bringing the cup home. Next opponent in this EuroBasket 2023: Montenegro, Thursday at 6 p.m.
The first three matches of the French at EuroBasket 2023 were rather complicated. While the group stage should have been a piece of cake, the French team has been scared many times. Led in most games, EDF has got into the habit of turning the tide in the last quarters to come away with the victory. Enough to finish undefeated and first in the group with three successes and zero losses under the elbow, but not necessarily very reassuring for the future.
And the continuation precisely, it is thus Montenegro. A meeting more than affordable for the Blues who will face a team relying mainly on two or three players. Natasha Mack, a naturalized American who was drafted in the WNBA in 2021, as well as the natives of the country Milica Jovanovic and Marija Lekovic, who will have to be stopped to ensure victory quickly. On the side of France, Jean-Aimé Toupane could compose without Iliana Rupert, uncertain after being hit in the shoulder against Slovenia.
Hit in the shoulder yesterday against Slovenia, Iliana Rupert underwent additional examinations on Monday in Ljubljana. These examinations did not reveal any major injury.#PassionatelyBlue #EuroBasketWomen | @Iliana_rups pic.twitter.com/m786euEqDE
– French basketball teams (@FRABasketball) June 19, 2023
This meeting, relatively easy on paper but which could trap the French women if they do not pass the second, will be broadcast on beIN Sports as well as on France 4. Enough to be able to watch the match from anywhere on Thursday, June 22 at 6 p.m. If France wins, it will potentially face Belgium, at a high pace since the start of the competition. An even more difficult task would thus await the Bleues, an additional reason to raise the level from this Thursday.
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