for Nando De Colo, France “should have snagged the gold medal”

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On the sidelines of the traditional LNB media day, Nando De Colo held interviews as a new player for Asvel, where he signed this summer for two seasons. The tricolor rear (35 years old) had skipped the France team and the Eurobasket this summer. A well-deserved rest after the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year, and necessary to arrive fresh at the World Cup next year, and at the Paris Games in 2024.

But this rest did not prevent him from keeping a close eye on the Euro des Bleus. And, sometimes, chomping at the bit. “Of course it’s complicated, because we know what we can bring to the teamDe Colo told us in an interview. In the end, the team made its way. We had, if I can put it like that, luck which turned in our favor on the cleaver matches. In the final, it was a little more complicated, even if I think we should have snagged the gold medal.»

Asvel will start its Betclic Elite season this Sunday (7 p.m.), on the floor of Cholet, former club of … De Colo, where he was MVP of the French championship in 2008.

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