France vs Brazil. The first steps of the national teams at the Olympics
On July 27 a basketball match between the national teams of France and Brazil will begin, which will meet in the opening round of the group stage of the Olympics-24. The battle will take place on the parquet floor of the Pierre Maurois sports and entertainment complex in the city of Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
The national team hosts the tournament and wants to perform flawlessly here. Well, she has a certain chance of sensationalism. In the FIBA world ranking, the French are now in ninth place or on the fifth line, if we are talking strictly about the Old World.
The team automatically got to the home Olympics. Although her level is such that if she needed to qualify, then with a probability of 99% or even a little more, she would also be here.
In July, the team played six friendly matches, and everything was ambiguous here. The beginning started positively with victories over Turkey (96:46) and Germany (90:66), and then everything was bad. The team lost to the Germans (65:70), the Serbs (67:79), the Canadians (73:85) and the Australians (82:83).
The application of the "paddling pools" is impressive. Here it is necessary to highlight separately: Gobert (Timberwolves), Wembanyama (Spurs), Fournier (Pistons), Batiuma (Sixers), Coulibaly (Wisers), Nilikina (Hornets). Plus, in addition to the guys from the NBA, there are smart basketball players from the Euroleague: Yabusele (Real Madrid), Lessor (Pao), Strazelle (Monaco), Cordigne (Virtus) and De Colo (Villeurbanne).
Brazil
The team is on the 12th line in the FIBA world ranking table. If we are talking only about the home continent of the national team, then it is in fourth place there. Normal achievements. After all, if the team arrived at the Olympics-24, then it definitely deserves them.
In the summer, the team played three friendly matches. In one of them, she managed to win (91:75 with Poland), and the other two were surrendered to opponents (81:91 with Croatia and 80:86 with Slovenia). Then Brazil made it to the Olympics through qualification. In the group, they managed to defeat Montenegro (81:72), and then lost in the rivalry with Cameroon (74:77). After that, the national team defeated the Philippines (71:60) and Latvia (94:69) in the playoffs.
The squad for the 24th Olympics: Bruno Caboclo, Marceliño Huertas, Vitor Benite, Jorge de Paula, Iago dos Santos, Cristiano Felicio, Didi Lozada, Leo Meindl, Raul Neto, Maozinha Pereira, Guy Santos. You can't call it unrealistically cool, but there are some pretty solid guys here.
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FranceThe national team hosts the tournament and wants to perform flawlessly here. Well, she has a certain chance of sensationalism. In the FIBA world ranking, the French are now in ninth place or on the fifth line, if we are talking strictly about the Old World.
The team automatically got to the home Olympics. Although her level is such that if she needed to qualify, then with a probability of 99% or even a little more, she would also be here.
In July, the team played six friendly matches, and everything was ambiguous here. The beginning started positively with victories over Turkey (96:46) and Germany (90:66), and then everything was bad. The team lost to the Germans (65:70), the Serbs (67:79), the Canadians (73:85) and the Australians (82:83).
The application of the "paddling pools" is impressive. Here it is necessary to highlight separately: Gobert (Timberwolves), Wembanyama (Spurs), Fournier (Pistons), Batiuma (Sixers), Coulibaly (Wisers), Nilikina (Hornets). Plus, in addition to the guys from the NBA, there are smart basketball players from the Euroleague: Yabusele (Real Madrid), Lessor (Pao), Strazelle (Monaco), Cordigne (Virtus) and De Colo (Villeurbanne).
Brazil
The team is on the 12th line in the FIBA world ranking table. If we are talking only about the home continent of the national team, then it is in fourth place there. Normal achievements. After all, if the team arrived at the Olympics-24, then it definitely deserves them.
In the summer, the team played three friendly matches. In one of them, she managed to win (91:75 with Poland), and the other two were surrendered to opponents (81:91 with Croatia and 80:86 with Slovenia). Then Brazil made it to the Olympics through qualification. In the group, they managed to defeat Montenegro (81:72), and then lost in the rivalry with Cameroon (74:77). After that, the national team defeated the Philippines (71:60) and Latvia (94:69) in the playoffs.
The squad for the 24th Olympics: Bruno Caboclo, Marceliño Huertas, Vitor Benite, Jorge de Paula, Iago dos Santos, Cristiano Felicio, Didi Lozada, Leo Meindl, Raul Neto, Maozinha Pereira, Guy Santos. You can't call it unrealistically cool, but there are some pretty solid guys here.
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