It’s time for the semi-final Eurobasket battles!
After the elimination of the Slovenians, it is clear that Europe will get a new ruler.
Poland and France, or Germany and Spain, will meet in the semi-final matches.
What can we expect from these matches?
Poland and France will be the first to take to the field, at 5:15 p.m. Needless to say, the French are big favorites, but Igor Milicic’s team showed in the game against Slovenia that they are a team for big things.
The French made it to the semi-finals, and they defeated Turkey and Italy in an almost identical way – after extra time, which they reached despite the fact that they seemed to have no chance of such a thing.
The Poles also eliminated Ukraine before Slovenia, so it will be very interesting to see how they will look against France.
In the second match of the day, Germany and Spain will meet on the field from 8:30 p.m.
The Germans haven’t played this well since the generation led by Dirk Nowitzki, and they have reason to believe that this Eurobasket is an opportunity for gold. The fact that they are the hosts is also in their favor, so they will have a lot of support in Berlin.
The Germans knocked down perhaps the first favorite for the trophy, the Greek team, in the quarter-finals, and before that they were better than the Montenegrins and enter the match against Spain as slight favorites.
However, who can write off Spain? It seemed that Spain has perhaps the weakest basketball team in the history of this country, but Sergio Scariolo’s men have once again reached the top four teams of the Old Continent. They did not shine in the group, but when it was necessary – they were the right ones!
The Lithuanians fell, then the Finns, so everyone in Spain hopes that this team can win the gold.
Who do you think will make it to the Eurobasket finals?
