The European finals, the Blue are starting to accumulate them.
After 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, the French basketball players once again reach the bottom step of the European tournament thanks to a success against Belarus (73-61) on Saturday night in Valencia (Spain).
It will be this Sunday in Valencia (Spain) against Serbia, a beautiful gold to go for before dreaming of a medal at the Games in Tokyo (July 23-August 8).
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At the final whistle, the Blue supporters present in the Spanish room sang a Marseillaise full of emotions. The players of Valérie Garnier, they remained measured, already turned towards the goal: to win the final of the Euro, which will oppose them Sunday evening at 9 pm to Serbia (winner of Belgium 74-73). "We still congratulated ourselves because we had to go and get this victory but we said to ourselves that tomorrow Sunday, we still had a game for what we have been waiting for a while now, details captain Endy Miyem at a press conference. If we win the final, then we can explode, don't worry you will see it. "
The only survivor with Sandrine Gruda of the last European coronation of Les Bleues in 2009, Endy Miyem would however have reasons to ignite.
At 33, the interior with more than 200 selections signed this Saturday his record of points for the France team (24).
But, if she felt "transcended" this Saturday night, the player of the Flame Carolo does not "want to lose focus" so close to the goal.
Remember 2019
The rest of the group shares his state of mind.
"The victory is there, now we have one game left and that's what we have in mind," hammered Alexia Chartereau at the end of the meeting.
"Tomorrow (Sunday), there will be more adversity and intensity," warns coach Valérie Garnier.
Because the technician knows that she could find Sunday in the final the Serbs, executioners of the Blue in 2015 ... and fallers of the best enemy of the Tricolores, Spain, in the quarter-finals.
To calm down, Miyem and Gruda will be able to share their memories with the rest of the troop.
The last time that France beat Belarus in the semi-final of the Euro, the Blue went to the end of the adventure, in 2009. Something to be reassured when approaching a final that could make history French basketball.
