Latvia is (really) the cake for the Blues? – Sports.fr

The Blues will be the favorites in their quarter-final against Latvia on Tuesday night at Stade Pierre Mauroy. But they remain on their guard.

Beware of Latvians! That, in a very short, the message will get across Vincent Collet his players by the quarter-finals of this Euro 2015 between the two teams on Tuesday night at Stade Pierre Mauroy of Villeneuve d’Ascq. A Baltic selection which the Blues did not know much about J-1, since they had not followed the video session simmered by the staff, but they distrusted all a lot.

“This is an atypical team, they can quickly catch fire , presents Boris Diaw. From this perspective then, it is not the dream opponent. There will surely times when they will be hot, but it will temper the rotations and have effective defense so they have a falling regime. “ In 2011, El Tri had a terrible time to cool Janis Blums, author 32 points that day.

There are also two years, they had crossed the path of Latvia in the second round, and it had been tense. “Babac”, the captain, was there. Others not. A reprimand is necessary for everyone. Especially since this army of shooters moulted. “Before, it was a team that was playing on a frantic pace, but this year, it has radically changed style” , warns the coach.

“She went from a basketball to 66 or 67 possessions per game in 57 possessions in a basketball , he explains. It’s more like a game Euroleague ‘. They keep the ball more. They do not score as much as before, but they also take less points. “ The most serious threats to the Blues appoint Dairis Bertans, Kaspars Berzins and Janis Strelnieks three players he will stifle in attack.

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Evan Fournier

When Tony Parker his teammates also defend hard they did against Turkey, in the round, they will therefore resolved much of the equation. “This game, we’ll play it as if it were your last” , Florent Pietrus ad, always ready to go into battle. As Joffrey Lauvergne. “always had trouble was to play, but we have what it takes to beat the” , remember it.

Because yes, even if they should be wary, the French are also aware that they are superior to Latvia. “We are favorites in this game, we will not hide , and Evan Fournier says. After that, if they have arrived so far, is that they have qualities. We know they are not really simple to operate. They can really make you shit on a game if they put everything. “