French basketball coach Vincent Colette was not looking for any excuses after beating Spain 88-76 in Sunday’s European final. The observation is simple: Spaniards are more mature, more awake, and stronger.
A new defeat for his best enemy. French basketball team loses final step to Spain (88-76) in Euro Cup, in Berlin on Sunday. After a failed start, the Blues regained hope after accumulating 21 poles before returning to three poles behind their opponents in the third quarter. But the Spaniard has regained composure and the necessary resources to open the gap again and win.
France coach Vincent Colette pointed to their opponents’ strengths, their experience and their composure.
“It couldn’t have been mental, because we were rejuvenated, the latter recalled his team coming back three lengths from La Roja. We have to give Spain credit for three good attacks from the back. We stuttered a bit, we conceded a goal, we missed an easy shot. It’s the Spaniard’s credit. They showed, as they did against Germany, even in difficult times – that’s for them Also because from 47-26 we are back at 49-46 with 20-2 in our favour in both halves – they don’t panic. After the timeout they work and move the ball 3 times per possession , and find the open shots they made. »
“We had a great team,” Colette continued. Not just Gasol and Navarro, but something else. On the evening of Hernangomez (Juancho, 27 points, editor’s note) ) level, he replaced one of the two Gasols. They will always find and beat them, it will take more. They have very good players. The way they play as a team explains the results “It’s not a matter of courage, we fought, but we didn’t have enough control and maturity. It’s the victory of maturity. »