LIVE – Eurobasket 2022: miraculous against Turkey, the Blues are in the quarterfinals!

“We are survivors. We have the game in hand and we revive them, without finding solutions. The bench had a great game. We always believed in him. The loss of balls hurt us, ”says Evan Fournier

“Serbia is a very big team. But the goal is not the quarter-finals. We will recover well,” added the New York player.

“I told myself that I would have the rebound, I prepared myself to finish off. I knew that the foul was not called. We are washed, it was a difficult game, early like that. They gave us a chance, we fought until the end. If I don’t believe in myself, who will? We didn’t work so hard to lose in the round of 16,” Rudy Gobert reacted.

Exceptional interception by Tarpey! 87-86 for the Blues. The French team qualifies for the quarterfinals, against Serbia or Italy. The Blues, with their backs to the wall, did not let go. But you will have to raise your level.

87-84, possession to follow for Turkey.

Two free throws and one possession to follow for the French team.

Second three-point basket of the game for the Frenchman. +3 for the blues.

Two consecutive triples.

83-83. 2min20 to play

Let’s go for this extension.

France has come a long way and is offering itself an extension.

77-77, Rudy Gobert equalizes with a mate with two seconds left. Unbearable end of the game.

France is still hopeful, we have to intercept the ball.

Implausible decision of the referee. It’s almost finished.

Even Doncic in the stands can’t believe his eyes.

Two possessions behind for the Blues.

Terrible by Fournier who walks on the line. Turkey Balloon. Sent to free throws.

The Blues will establish the tactics to adopt for this last possession. 25 seconds left to play, 14 to shoot.

It’s unbearable, the Blues have the ball

75-73 for Turkey, possession of France.

Foul by Evan Fournier who offers three free throws to the Turks.

With 1 minute 15 remaining, after Vincent Collet’s timeout, the French team will have one of the most important possessions of their tournament.

72-71, a possession to return to the front

Turkey is less effective, France defends better. But offensively, he’s still slow, with 19 turnovers in particular.

69-68 for Turkey

France got back on the scoreboard, and reacted well in this 4th quarter.

66-66.

Good reaction from the French team that has been making a good comeback in this 4th quarter.

57-56, -1. 8 minutes to play

We will have to do much better in this fourth quarter. A good counterattack to start

57-51.

Tuncer’s new triple, 6/6. Only six points scored by France in this time of the third quarter. The Blues conceded 19-0.

57-49 for Turkey.

17 points, 5/5 to three points for Tuncer who dislikes the Blues.

+5 for Turkey.

4/4 to three points for the Turk, who is turning the game around.

49-49. France is no more.

From now on, every French foul will send Turkey to a free kick.

49-44, three minutes to go.

The French have been very tough for a few minutes, and Turkey is not far from it.

49-42, six minutes from the end of the 3rd quarter.

Andrew Albici’s first basket. +10.

First French possession

Rudy Gobert and Guerschon Yabusélé have nine points on the clock.

Halftime. Having led by 16 points, Vincent Collet’s men found themselves outmatched in the closing minutes.

43-35 for France.

Turkey is back! They just chained three baskets and 3 points in a row. +7 for France now.

40-33. 1 minute left in this 2nd quarter

The return of the strong tricolor side is excellent news. He shines, already nine points and a lot of activity.

The Turks are 2/12 from three points. It is very bad.

34-22

Five points in a row for Turkey. Time out requested by Vincent Collet.

31-20

Turkey is on the ropes! +16 for the Blues that are deployed. 31-15. Six minutes to go in this 2nd quarter.

Victim of an uncalled foul, Thomas Heurtel gets angry. Vincent Collet calls for calm. You have to stay in the game.

27-15

France starts this second quarter well, 22-13

18-11 for France, +7, at the end of the first quarter.

Impressive direction of the blues in this first quarter. Conversely, the Turks are 0/6 on 3-point shooting.

Five balls lost by the blues in this first quarter. It’s too much. The Turks are back at -5.

The excellent start of the French match, correlated with the catastrophic one of the Turks pushes Turkey to take a time-out with 3:30 left in the first quarter.

13-4 for France

After a basket and two free throws by Rudy Gobert, France stands out. 7-0.

The Turks are surprisingly clumsy. 0/6

Three-point basket for the French. 3-0

First possession of France

Facing Turkey in the round of 16 of the EuroBasket, on Saturday at 12:00, the Blues are favorites above all because the Turks will probably be without their starting leader, the naturalized Shane Larkin, star of the European continent.

Welcome to RMC Sport to follow the live commentary of the Eurobasket round of 16 between France and Turkey. Classified after three games won in Cologne, the Blues now have an appointment in Berlin, before an audience that promises to be hostile.

The moment of truth will come early, way too early for a basketball game. Late too, so much so to see what the private Olympic vice-champions of bosses Nicolás Batum and Nando De Colo are worth, resting this summer.

The group stage delivered a blurry picture. They were on the move, starting with the starting five. “We start the European Championship still under construction, describes coach Vincent Collet. We take advantage of this first round to move forward. Now we have to validate”.