Eriksen, Djokovic, PSG… Our sports weekend tops and flops

By Christophe Remise, Jean-Julien Ezvan and Arnaud Coudry

TOPS

Eriksen, the survivor

On the verge of drama. Faced with a little more than 16,000 shocked spectators, and players who were even more shocked, Christian Eriksen collapsed on the lawn in Copenhagen on Saturday, in the dying minutes of the Denmark-Finland first period match. Euro 2020. A terrible, startling, frightening image. Seeing Eriksen rolled back, unresponsive, fear swept through the stadium and the football planet. Fortunately, the news was finally reassuring quickly. The Inter player is a priori out of danger. "We managed to bring Christian back," said Martin Boesen, team doctor for Denmark. At the request of the players themselves, the meeting came to an end, with a victory for Finland (0-1). "It is a national shock which has become a national relief",as summarized by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. And to conclude: "Rarely has the fact that a match has been won or lost has seemed so unimportant." UEFA has named Eriksen man of the match.

Read also: Euro: Will Christian Eriksen be able to play football again?

The opinion of the former doctor of the Blues

Djokovic, king of Paris

His body language betrayed a fatigue that contrasted with the commitment that was his in the electric semi-final against Rafael Nadal. Novak Djokovic suffered against Stefanos Tsitsipas before reversing the match, erasing (as in the round of 16 against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti) a deficit of two sets and ending up pocketing the victory 6-7 (6/8), 2 -6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in 4:11. His second title at Roland Garros (after 2016). And become the first player of the Open era to win twice in all Grand Slam tournaments. In the race for records that the world No. 1 delivers to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the Serbian has returned to a unit of the legendary duo. He has 19 major crowns (9 times winner of the Australian Open, 2 Roland Garros, 5 Wimbledon, 3 US Open) to his record. And Wimbledon is coming.He won the last two contested editions (in 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic) ...

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Bordeaux-Bègles, a first season

The Bordeaux-Bègles Union has taken a step forward under the orders of Christophe Urios. After having fought for a long time to get involved in the final stages at the end of the season, the Gironde club has this year managed a double blow. After a first participation in the quarterfinals and then in the semi-finals in the Champions Cup, the UBB, which participated for the first time in its history in the choppy matches in the Top 14, managed on Saturday to climb into the last four of the championship by dominating Clermont in Chaban-Delmas. Proof that the club, which led the Top 14 last year before the season was interrupted because of the Covid-19, has grown. Confirmation at the highest level. Place now in the semi-final in Lille to the Toulouse ogre, who has beaten the Bordelais three times this season (two in Top 14, one in the Champions Cup half).A real test of growth.

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The favorites hold their rank at Euro In

addition to Denmark (see elsewhere), considered a good outsider before the start of the competition, the top names held their rank at Euro 2020. Italy, Belgium, the England and the Netherlands all won for their entry into the contention.

No missteps.

This Monday, Spain's turn to take its first steps in the European Championship.

And Tuesday, the Blues will be on the bridge, opposed to Germany in Munich (9 p.m.).

Earlier, the reigning Portuguese European champions will have faced Hungary (5 p.m.) from Budapest.

Read also: Euro 2020: calendar and results

FLOPS

PSG hand, still missed

Always not. Despite significant resources, Paris Saint-Germain, sovereign on the national scene, has still not managed to climb on the roof of Europe. Surprised by the Danes of Aalborg on Saturday (33-35), in Cologne, in the semi-finals of the Champions League, Nikola Karabatic and his teammates had to settle for the third step of the podium with Nantes on Sunday (31- 28). “We came to win the Final Four, and it was very difficult yesterday (Saturday) to lose to Aalborg. It was hard to play this game today but we were able to be aggressive and re-motivate ourselves. It's always a disappointment. But we have to keep this failure in mind for next season, ”analyzes Luc Steins, center-half of Paris-SG.Remember that the Parisians won a seventh title of champion of France at the end of this season.

Biarritz, party to excess

This Basque derby between Biarritz and Bayonne will go down in the annals of rugby. Not in terms of acting, but more in terms of intensity and dramaturgy. A chopping match, suffocating which was settled - a rare thing - on penalties and which saw the victory of BO, synonymous with a return to the elite seven years after having left it. An electric, volcanic atmosphere but a meeting that took place despite the elementary rules in terms of health security. Much more than 5,000 people present in Aguiléra contrary to the current gauge (we are talking about 8,000 to 9,000 people on site), unattended health passes and open refreshments in violation of the standards in force. The prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques has taken legal action and the BO could be heavily sanctioned. President Aldigé,used to bloodshed and rants, denies all these accusations en bloc, shouting (again) conspiracy. A spoiled party for this historic French rugby club, five times champion of France. And that could have repercussions for the next season, weighed down before having started.

Read also: Biarritz-Bayonne: the prefect seizes the public prosecutor for non-compliance with the gauge of 5,000 spectators

A strike that looks bad

Will play, will not play? Despite the opposition of the players, the National Basketball League (LNB) has, in recent days, acted on the idea of ​​a final tournament to appoint a champion of France at the end of the Jeep Elite season. A priori, the first four of the regular season must receive in the quarterfinals, in a dry match, on June 20 and 21, before a Final 4 in Rouen, on June 24 and 26. Except that after weeks of forced march, while the calendar has been condensed to the maximum in order to fit all the matches, the basketball players of the French championship say stop. The national basketball union (SNB) indeed announced on Saturday its willingness to boycott the final phase. Strike! “It's a strong action but we had alerted the league on several occasions. We have no more gas and it is mentally complicated ”,justifies the president of the SNB, Amara Sy, via

The Team

. “We are starting to emerge from this pandemic, this is not the time to go on strike, on the contrary. Seeing the fans in full halls and ending the season with play-offs is the very essence of basketball. I think you are making a bad calculation, ”analyzes the NBAer tricolor Evan Fournier. To see if the threats will go to the end ...