The action at the women’s Eurobasket continues today, Tuesday (24/6) exclusively at the Peace and Friendship Stadium that will host the final phase of the event. Today and tomorrow the four quarterfinals who will judge which teams will enter the medal zone and which will be limited to the rankings for positions 5-8.
The clash France-Lithuania Today at 17:30 (ERT2 / Novasports Start) it opens the quarter -finals. The two teams had met in the quarter-finals and in 2011 in Poland, with France dominating 66-58 on the way to win the bronze medal.
His team Jean -mem Tupan He is called upon to justify the title of the favorite and to qualify, then claim to continue the series of medals that has been conquering since 2009. “We will try to give our best against Lithuania. We know it’s do or die game, we have to be very focused. In the way we release and pass the ball and be more aggressive. All teams here are very good and strong »said the French coach and added: “Lithuania is a good team, with good coach and good players. He shares the ball well. It will be very important to us how to present defensively and how to release the ball in the attack. We need to improve things in our game. Such as our distances in attack. We were not good at that. We have to get the ball faster. We need to be more focused on these details. “
On the contrary, “Lietua” seeks to return to the four after 20 years. The coach of Lithuania, Stanisauskas stressed: “Everyone knows that France is one of the favorites to conquer Eurobasket. No one expected that we could win Slovenia and Serbia. We want to go and play our game and believe in ourselves. I think the victory against Slovenia gave us quite confidence. We need to change some pieces in our defense and in the offensive part to find a way to stop a team that is not only the best in Europe but also in the world. We don’t have pressure. We are in the octave. We will fight and we want to enjoy it. “
At 20:30 the Italy treats the Turkey (ERT2 / Novasports Start) in the second quarter of the day. The two teams had met in the group stage in 2017 and 2019, with Turkey prevailing in the first 54-53 and Italy in the second, 57-54.
The Italians after 3/3 in the Bologna group qualified for the fifth time in their history in the octave and dreaming of being in the semifinals for the first time in 30 years, as they had won the silver medal in 1995. “From the first phase of the group we keep the defensive and aggressive concentration we had, as well as the tension we had during the games. We know that the tournament has difficult groups, but we know what to do and where we should improve »stressed the Italian coach, Andrea Kapobianko. “We have to control the pace of the race. Let us control, not the opponent and of course to have control over defense and aggressive rebounds. ”
OR Turkey After the victory-qualification over Greece on Saturday reaches the sixth time in the octave and first after 2017. The whole of Eccles She wants to reach the semifinals for the third time in her history after 2011 and 2013, when she won the silver and bronze medal respectively. The group’s guard, Alperi Onarstressed: “It will be a difficult game. Italy has an excellent roster, has a basketball culture and will be a hard match. We need to be physically and mentally ready. We have a lot of dreams about this Eurobasket. It will be a battle. A match that is final. We will fight for victory. I want to give everything for my teammates, for my country and that’s what I will continue to do. It’s my motivation. “
The Program of the quarterfinals:
Tuesday 24/6
17:30 France-Lithuania (ERT2 / Novasports Start)
20:30 Italy-Turkey (ERT2 / Novasports Start)
Wednesday 25/6
17:30 Spain-Czech (ERT2 / Novasports Start)
20:30 Belgium-Germany (ERT2 / Novasports Start)
The pairs of the semifinals
Friday 27/6
Winner France-Lithuania vs winner Spain-Czech
Winner Italy-Turkey vs. winner Belgium-Germany
Source: Sport Fm
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