THE Young Men’s National Team quickly leaves her behind defeat by France in the EuroBasket U20 semi-final and focuses on Sunday’s minor final against Belgium (19:00)as pointed out by Alexander Samonturov.
“We weren’t as focused as we should have been when we got on the floor, so we lost a lot of rebound battles that cost us, as well as a lot of one-on-one battles“, admits the 19-year-old ace, who seemed to give the signal by returning to the court after the first half: “We talked in the dressing room, we came into the second half more determined, we gave more energy in every phase, we fought harder for every single ball, we slowed down, but not enough to threaten or take the game and the win we wanted».
In less than 24 hours Samonturov will find himself in another jamball. Tomorrow (21/7) at 19.00 Greece will face Belgium – in a repeat of last year’s short final in Crete – for the bronze medal. However, it will not be easy for her to leave tonight’s defeat behind her: “It certainly won’t be easy. But it is something that must be done. After we didn’t manage to achieve what we wanted today, for us tomorrow’s game is a different final. We want victory and greatness“, pointed out the Panathinaikos player.
Everything shows that the National Team will compete without its captain, Nikos Plotas, who was injured in tonight’s match: “We also had the loss of Nikos today, which was important and he will not compete tomorrow, of course. Unfortunately he hit, he won’t be able to help and we want to play for him too».
Source: Sport Fm
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