"
Heart and balls
".
These are the ingredients that allowed the French basketball team to overthrow Italy (93-85 ap) on Wednesday, in the quarter-finals of the Euro, in the words of Rudy Gobert.
An Italy which came up against a blue wall in the first period, before taking advantage of the largesse of French people who lost the thread, again.
Vincent Collet's men conceded 31 points in the third quarter and saw their opponents up to eight lengths ahead in the second half, still seven with two minutes left in regulation time.
And the miracle happened, as against Turkey in 8th (87-86 ap).
Simone Fontecchio (21 pts) had the opportunity to put France under water with two free throws 16 seconds from the end of the fourth quarter, at 77-75 for Italy.
Failed, both.
After'
money-time
", the same Fontecchio missed the winning basket.
The train had passed for the Italians.
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