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

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

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

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

Exceptional interception by Tarpey! 87-86 for the Blues. The French team qualifies for the quarter-finals, against Serbia or Italy. The Blues, back to the wall did not let go. But it will have to raise its level.

87-84, possession to follow for Turkey.

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

Second three-point basket of the match for the Frenchman. +3 for the Blues.

Two consecutive three-pointers.

83-83. 2min20 to play

Let’s go for this extension.

France has come a long way and offers itself an extension.

77-77, Rudy Gobert equalizes with a dunk two seconds from the end. Unbearable end to the game.

France remains hopeful, it is necessary to intercept the ball.

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

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

Two possessions behind for the Blues.

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

The Blues will set up the tactics to adopt for this last possession. There are 25 seconds left to play, 14 to shoot.

It’s unbearable, the Blues have the ball

75-73 for Turkey, possession France.

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

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

72-71, a possession to come back in front

Turkey is less effective, France defends better. But offensively, it’s still sluggish, with 19 lost balls in particular.

69-68 for Turkey

France came back to the score, and reacted well in this 4th quarter.

66-66.

Nice reaction from the French team which is coming back well in this 4th quarter.

57-56, -1. 8 minutes to play

We will have to do much better in this 4th quarter. A nice counterattack to start

57-51.

New three-pointer for Tuncer, 6/6. Only six points scored by France in this third quarter time. The Blues conceded a 19-0.

57-49 for Turkey.

17 points, 5/5 at three points for Tuncer who disgusts the Blues.

+5 for Turkey.

4/4 at three points for the Turk, who is turning the match around.

49-49. France is no longer there.

From now on, every French foul will send Turkey to the free throw.

49-44, three minutes to play.

The French have been very rough for a few minutes, and Turkey are not missing much anymore.

49-42, six minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

First basket for Andrew Albici. +10.

First French possession

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

Half time. After having had a 16-point lead, Vincent Collet’s Men have been overtaken in the last few minutes.

43-35 for France.

Turkey is back! They have 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 winger 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 consecutive points for Turkey. Dead time requested by Vincent Collet.

31-20

Turkey is on the ropes! +16 for the Blues who unroll. 31-15. Six minutes to play in this 2nd quarter.

Victim of a fault not whistled, Thomas Heurtel gets annoyed. 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 address of the blues in this first quarter. Conversely, the Turks are 0/6 in three-point shots.

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 3:30 from the end of the first quarter.

13-4 for France

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

The Turks are surprisingly clumsy. 0/6

Three-point basket for the French. 3-0

First possession for France

Opposed to Turkey in the round of 16 of the EuroBasket, Saturday at 12 p.m., the Blues are favorites especially as the Turks will be, probably without their titular leader, the naturalized, Shane Larkin, star of the European continent.

Welcome to RMC Sport to follow live commentary on the round of 16 of the Eurobasket between France and Turkey. Qualified after three matches won in Cologne, the Blues now have an appointment in Berlin, facing a public that promises to be hostile.

The moment of truth will strike early, at a very early hour for a basketball game. Late too, so long is it to see what the private Olympic vice-champions of bosses Nicolas 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 started the European Championship still under construction, describes coach Vincent Collet. We took advantage of this first round to move forward. Now we have to validate.”