Come on, it’s time for the round of 16 of this 3×3 World Cup! French and French alike are concerned by this round that looks like a Play-in, since the winners will join the prequalified nations in the quarter-finals. The girls against Mongolia, the boys against Austria, ten minutes to continue the adventure and mark your territory, time for the recap!
If at first glance Mongolia is not a country that sounds very basketball, think again! The 3×3 is a very popular discipline among the descendants of Genghis Khan and the representatives sent to Antwerp for the World Cup are by no means novices. We notice it from the start of the match with a strong defense, but our Blues have set their sights. Guapo then Paget have a warm hand, they fall in like a swimming pool and it’s already 7-1 after two minutes. Our presentation of the Mongolian selection falls by the wayside? Not at all, because the three adversaries give all they have of energy and abnegation. Worry… Frenchies are untouchable today. Who rubs the cock takes very expensive. The Mongols will try to sound the charge, but unfortunately the difference in level between the two formations is far too great. Paget was huge off, systems and markdowns worked well. It’s 21-9, win on points. Good news in terms of recovery because saving two minutes of play is important a few hours before a crucial match against a Spanish team who were able to rest before playing the quarter-finals. Ah yes, match at 5:55 p.m. and of course unmissable because our girls need support.
Magic-Eve Paget????✨ #3x3WC pic.twitter.com/BtOKIUSoSf
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On the boys’ side, who play in the wake of girls, it’s an Austrian team in scarecrow mode that arrives on the field. Neither one nor two, it was Franck Seguela who opened the scoring, well followed by Léo Cavalière to immediately take a two-point lead. The two zozos met in Pau and were French U17 champions together, so it makes sense that it combines perfectly. The Austrians respond well by playing with their physique. Léo Cavalière is taken and the French are more generally too soft on the rebound. It logically sticks to 4-4, watch out boys. The 3×3 is by its soul and its spirit a street sport. And when we play in the street, the objective is to put on a show. Antoine Eito for Cavalière, alley-oop of space and the public is set ablaze, here is the technique called “chocolatine”. Galvanized by this rather sympathetic action, the Blues pass the Gear 2 way Luffy to Enies Lobby and push the opponent by relegating them to five points difference. Antoine Eito is also monstrous in all areas of the game. Austria crashes at 3-point? Ok, that answers without flinching. The mastery of events is well tricolor and the boys win 19-13. The quarter-final? The Netherlands will be on the menu, at 8:45 p.m., which is dinner time with us, if that’s not perfect.
Tastier than « pain au chocolat » ???????? #3x3WC pic.twitter.com/MF1sQOhoFd
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2/2, 100%, everything is good. The two French selections continue their course but beware, the level in the next round may be completely different from this one. Spain, the Netherlands: two countries that have the slab, but which are not unbeatable. Until the next deadlines, rest, rest and concentration.