The France team will play Tuesday (21:00) to confirm his
semi-final place in EuroBasket facing Latvia. They also played their first
round at home.
The EuroBasket has not fully occurred on French soil. If all
the finals are held in Lille, the first round has invested the halls of
Montpellier, but also Berlin, Zagreb ... and Riga. So before their audience in
a packed arena sometimes (more than 10,000 spectators to witness their defeat
against Lithuania), the players of Ainar Bagatskis validated their ticket to
the knockout. In the first round, well-controlled (three wins, two losses,
including a surprisingly modest facing the Ukrainian team). Latvia proved to be
a serious training, surprisingly solid in defense. It has enabled them to
outperform the Czech Republic, another surprise guest of the Top 8, and then
defeat the odds by eliminating Slovenia on Saturday in the second round.
When Latvia played his first Euro under the orders of Ainar
Bagatskis, in 2011, she was the youngest team in the tournament. The Federation
had just spring cleaning in its workforce, unable to bring any results during
the past decade.
After the Turkish interior, the French will have to wrestle
Latvian gunners who have attempted 141 shots at three points since the start of
the tournament (against 115 for the French), with an average yet very successful
(29%). This is also because they have fallen behind the arc (24 failed
attempts) that Lithuania had corrected the first round (49-68).
After the victory over Turkey, the Blues (France) had all
passed the word, repeating the same sentence: “ We know what we have to
do" Behind this language element, reality will impose respect several key
points Tuesday against Latvia.The France Basketball team will face Lativa on
September 15 in the Quarterfinal of the Eurobasket 2015.
France is favorites in this game.Latvia it is known, it is
atypical, and this is not the adversary dreamed because of that.