Preparation for Paris 2024: The French basketball team has a series of defeats
Supporters of the French basketball team can't wait to be fixed. Looking forward to the start of the Olympic Games. While the Blues will play their first match against Brazil in seven days, they have just had three consecutive defeats... This Friday at the CO'MET Arena in Orléans, it was Canada (73-85) who manhandled the players of a criticized Vincent Collet.
They still need time to get used to it. But time is running out... Stars Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama have all the talent to torture opposing teams. But it is clear that this is still far from being the case.
The man of the match yesterday was, as is often the case when Canada plays, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Oklahoma City player achieved a new performance: 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. And with his friend RJ Barrett (Toronto Raptors), 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, it sparks.
On the French side, it was the tireless Guerschon Yabusele who stood out the most. The Real Madrid interior scored 19 points, adding 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Apart from that, the Blues were inferior in almost all areas of the game.
With 10 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, Victor Wembanyama is still far from the expected impact, but it remains only a friendly match. For Rudy Gobert, 12 points and 6 rebounds, we logically expect even more. At the microphone of La Chaîne L'Equipe, Rudy Gobert explains: “ We have a lot of potential as a team, great things don't happen in a day ».
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games start on Saturday July 27 for France, with matches against Brazil, Japan and Germany (group B). Last test, Sunday, for Vincent Collet's French team against Australia, still at the CO'MET Arena in Orléans.
