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A ball that spins with passages volleys to the position or transfer in contrast, opponents who do not follow, returning fire at the chain end (49%) while three points, n ' is still not that (5 / 19), rebounds that accumulate (43, 18 offensive, 20), swallowed by the vacuum cleaner including Noah (9 in 21 minutes) … The Blues as they imagine, France as we hope, one that escapes quickly (16-6, eighth, after a 11-0) and never look back (33.18, 33rd, 47-35, 29th), it is possible in 2011. We saw it in a rainy afternoon and icy in the middle of a construction site where the grass is just beginning to grow.

“We made too many lost balls because of the area but because we did not just send it to three points”

But that does not mean much and it must quickly be forgotten. Because the Chinese team would be beaten by the other twenty-three participants to the Euro. The years pass, but for his simplicity and his defensive reflexes offensive individualistic remain. We feel that the mind is affected in this selection when the tour turns to the collapse. That is what put this 17, which is not worth the 28 managed by Australians (71-43) against the same opponent and the Serbs 34 (87-53). In summary, it was a better drive, made anew without Tony Parker (household), Antoine Diot (back), the case concerned, and of course Ronny Turiaf (hand, returned to Paris).

“I asked my players to go inside and concentrate on that side was good enough, says Vincent Collet. We defended hard during most of the match, although the last quarter-time was perhaps a little lower. We had problems in the area but it was very interesting for us because we have not spent much time working on it. “” We lost too many balls (17, much as assists) ', Nicolas Batum into perspective, the second marker of the game (15 points) behind the inside of Washington Yi Jianlian (20) and ahead of Colo Nando (14), long used as leader, and Kevin Seraphin (14 to 7 / 8 in 19 ' ). “We made too many lost balls because of the area but also because we did not just send it to three points and we wanted to find passes inside that were not there, but in all was not bad, “says Boris Diaw.

Xavier COLOMBANI in London [twitter, photos, videos]

The following matches:

Saturday at 16:30: Croatia – France
Sunday at 21:30: France – Serbia