Not necessarily the most obvious sentence to write three days ago, but this Germany – Bosnia at the start of Saturday offered the chance to its winner to take a very big step towards the round of 16, in the strongest group of this EuroBasket 2022, that of the Blues, we remind you. The Bosnians had mastered Hungary on Day 1, Germany had topped France with application, and all these little people therefore found themselves in Cologne at 2:30 p.m. Two hours later ? The German host has managed his subject and continues his faultless.
The stats of this first big game of the day are right here
They will be scared, but in the end the mission is accomplished. However, everything was not off to a flying start for the Germans, who were almost unable to score during the first four minutes, as against France in the end, and it was rather Dzanan Musa (Fred’s brother?) who put Bosnia on the line. good tracks at the start of the match. Amar Gegic is pronounced almost as painkillers and plunges the Germans into doubt, but while waiting for Cartman it is Voigtmann and Thiemann who wake up all Cologne. Match finally launched, second quarter where we gauge each other, then the host accelerates before half-time and continues after the Schnapps break by inflicting an 18-0 on Bosnia straddling the two periods. Jusuf Nurkic does what he can and makes his power speak, Dzanan Musa proves once again that he is the true leader of his selection but a Teuton square will put everyone in agreement after the break. Johannes Thiemann and Johannes Voigtmann have nothing to do with Marine but are sacred values on the inside, Dennis Schroder releases the handbrake and… Franz Wagner takes out his piano, recess is over and despite John Roberson’s reaction the gap quickly rises to 17 points, it’s a lot there isn’t.
A few fans start to leave the place so as not to get caught in the waters Cologne traffic jams, but after two KO attempts from Andreas Obst and Niels Giffey, good old John Roberson will try everything for everything and send three pills in a row from the parking lot to bring Bosnia back to six small points. Juergen! Karl Heinz! Come back! Too late they are already in their Opel and will not see the money time, so much the better for them because there won’t be any in the end since Das Crackito Franz Wagner folds the game one minute from time with a big 3, very youthful, very Magic. Dzanan Musa may have darkened his stats sheet in the last minute (30 pawns at 13/17 oh yeah anyway), the depth of the German roster has spoken and Cologne can blow in front of his team’s quasi-qualification for the round of 16, unless of a disaster.
92-82 final score, and the Germans who are doing well for the future while Bosnia will have to continue to fight to be part of the four elected Group B. Bosnia who will play Slovenia tomorrow, good luck eh, while the Germans will challenge the Lithuanians who, we remind you, will lose 18 points against France later on and will therefore be up against the wall. A conclusion that will obviously be updated in a few hours. Come on, let’s go!