2023-09-03 11:48:10
If Vincent Collet’s Blues ended their 2023 World Cup with three victories in the classification matches, the last of which against Côte d’Ivoire this Saturday, these successes could not lessen the immense disappointment around the competition. ‘French team. Eliminated in the first round, Evan Fournier and his team finished 18th, far from the dreams of titles they cherished before their entry into the running.
A feeling of disillusion shared by the former leader of the Blues Tony Parker, reached by telephone on RMC as part of the program Stephen Time.
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“There, we really experienced a fiasco,” he conceded. “I talked about it for a long time with Nicolas Batum, we talked for an hour on the phone, and it’s true that it’s very, very disappointing. It’s not normal for such a team to lose in the first round. We have never seen Spain and the United States come out in the first round. And it’s a shame, because our generation has worked so hard to bring France back to a certain level, so that we are respected, by Fiba, the referees, other countries. It’s so hard to have respect. Latvia (victorious over France in the second pool match) had a great game, they put in crazy shots, but that’s not normal, it’s still a bit of a shame. »
The warning to the staff for Embiid and Wembanyama
Quadruple medalist with the French team at the European Championship, including a gold at Euro 2013, Tony Parker then projected himself on the huge upcoming deadline of Paris 2024 by warning the management of the Blues about future changes. “They’re going to have some big choices to make. If you bring back big players like Joël Embiid, Victor (Wembanyama), it has to be complementary with the rest, because that could mean the departure of certain executives, which can make headlines. We need to improve the team, we need changes, but it’s not going to be easy. »
Recently inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, the president of ASVEL notably considers the idea of thanking French coach Vincent Collet less than a year from the Games “stupid” and invites decision-makers to “above all not panic” .
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