20:24
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20:21
We leave you with the Blues
We’ll leave it there! Superb French victory! (85-63)
Les Bleues were able to respond to Serbian adversity after two preparation matches against a very weak Finland and won this evening in Lyon with an 18-point lead!
Only thirty seconds left! (85-63)
The LDLC Arena rises!
Small error of Lacan (83-61)
At the moment of the restart, the Frenchwoman finds no one, sends the ball too far and offers an opportunity to the Serbians. On the action, Marine Johannes commits a foul.
Two more minutes (83-59)
The blue victory is taking shape
The gap is flying, flying… (83-57)
The Blues are doing well in defense and are now ahead by 26 points!
Malonga leads the stats (78-56)
Eight rebounds for Dominique Malonga, as well as four blocks!
More free throws (75-56)
The French women take off thanks to this 21st free throw scored! The Serbians have now made 21 fouls
Six more minutes to play (73-56)
And the evening is not over! Vincent Collet’s men will follow the French women to face Serbia, like their female counterparts. A match to follow at 9 p.m. live with commentary on our site.
New timeout (71-56)
The victories seem to be heading towards a victory in Lyon!
Malonga counters twice! (70-54)
The young Frenchwoman wins twice in front of Tina Krajisnik under the basket!
Merieme Badiane on fire! (68-52)
Three points, then two points, which makes five!
Only ten minutes left to play (65-49)
The gap is widening, and has never been so high
The beautiful meeting between Jokic and Diaw
The Joker met Boris Diaw in the corridors of the LDLC Arena
End of the third quarter (63-49)
It ends with the first points from Dominique Malonga!
Sarah Michel Boury’s counter! (61-49)
After a winning basket, the captain of the Blues pulls out a big block in the action that follows! She is congratulated by her coach
Two more minutes in this third quarter.
France is still ahead, 58 to 49
Eight points ahead (57-49)
The gap has been stabilizing for several minutes. The Blues had a lead of up to 15 points in this match
Great defense from Williams (52-45)
His interception allows the French to recover the ball
Jokic in the stands!
The NBA season MVP will face the French team at 9 p.m. on the same court.
Ruppert and Michel Boury back on the floor (51-42)
The first one is celebrating its 23rd anniversary today!
The Blues are back on track (49-42)
Having struggled a little since returning from the locker room, the French women took a seven-point lead with this basket from Alexia Chéry
Yvonne Anderson three-pointer! (47-40)
Jean-Aimé Toupane calls for a new time-out to refocus his players after this Serbian basket
Imitated by Marine Fauthoux! (45-32)
Fauthoux scores his first points of the match
Johannes continues! (42-32)
Fourth long-distance shot for her
Here we go again in Lyon!
The Blues have an eight-point lead
It’s half time! (40-32)
After a complicated start to the match, the Blues were able to react and returned to the locker room with an eight-point lead.
13th and 14th free throws for France (40-32)
They are both made by Valériane Ayayi!
Great Serbian three-pointer! (38-32)
It is the work of Čađo
19:15
The Blues have arrived at the LDLC Arena
The Olympic vice-champions challenge the Serbians, vice-world champions just after the meeting of the Blues
Timeout (38-29)
There is one minute and eight seconds left before halftime.
Superb interception by Ayayi (38-29)
She crosses the floor to score before being imitated by Janelle Salaün on the action that follows!
Already eleven fouls for the Serbs (34-29)
Against five for the French women
Two more minutes in this quarter (32-29)
And it’s still as tight between France and Serbia
Ouch, two Serbian three-pointers (30-29)
The Serbs have just scored two points from distance through Saša Čađo and Yvonne Anderson
Two more free throws! (30-23)
This time they are the work of Gabby Williams.
The Blues impeccable at the free throw (28-21)
With eight successful shots out of eight, the French excel in this exercise. The last two have just been scored by Leïla Lacan
The score hardly changes (26-21)
After five minutes, seven small points were scored in this second quarter.
Great pass from Johannes! (26-21)
She finds Leïla Lacan under the basket which allows the Blues to have a five point lead!
Johannes, her again! (22-19)
Third three-pointer for Marine Johannes. Already eleven points for her!
It’s back at the LDLC Arena (19-19)
The two teams are neck and neck!
End of the first quarter! (19-19)
Yvonne Anderson scored the last basket of the first 10 minutes for the Serbs.
The end of the first quarter is approaching
Only thirty seconds left…
And the Blues are back in front! (19-17)
France has just inflicted a 7-0 on the Serbians
Equal! (17-17)
French and Serbian women are now tied after these two free throws from Marieme Badiane
Serbian fault (15-17)
Angela Duglic commits the foul and offers two free throws to Marieme Badiane
Toupane’s words
“We’re getting into the rhythm, get moving at the back!” the coach tells his players.
And she does it again! (15-17)
Marine Johannes woke up the French team with two three-pointers in a row. Timeout requested by Serbia.
Johannes three-pointer! (12-17)
How good he is! Jean-Aimé Toupane’s words have had an effect.
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