As part of the qualifications for Euro 2025, the French team faces the very modest Cyprus team this evening, three days after a somewhat sluggish “round 1”. The opportunity to let the horses go a little?
After a trial run on Thursday in Nicosia and a 75-59 victory that was more difficult than it seemed, the Blues are back in France, in Poitiers, to put the cursor back in the direction of travel.
Satisfied with his young troops for this first match, new coach Freddy Fauthoux will probably be even more so if his players give a real boost to a Cyprus team that is still placed just below Nicaragua in the FIBA rankings.
More seriously? The youngest had a first opportunity to get used to this new jersey, at the start of this new story, and this evening's match could (should? must?) be the opportunity to beat this supposedly much weaker opponent. Thursday Yoan Makoundou, Amine Noua, Nolan Traoré, Hugo Benitez and Axel Bouteille shone, this evening the expected repeat and others will have to take over to qualify for the Euro well before their time. For that we will have to beat Cyprus, that should do it, and hope for a victory for Croatia against Bosnia. A scenario which would make the February qualifying window very chilled, but before that there is work to be done, this evening at 5 p.m. at the Futuroscope Arena in Poitiers, a strange coincidence for a team of the future.
Match to follow live and free on DAZN, we will be there to have this delicious blow-out!
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