France didn´t deserve this. I saw your match and i cant explain what happenned in the last quarter, the result in the min.36 was 55-72, then some strange things happenned, Germany scores an unbeliable 0-14 avoiding France to score till 4:38 are remaining to the end.
We can consider that as a extreme hard luck, but then i see something that i cant explain. In the last minute France is making fouls fastly, those kinds of fouls that you make when you are loosing, when Delandre makes the 3 pointer with 30-40 seconds remaining France leads 85-84. After that the bleus make 2 fast fouls, and they were wining! Why? That gives Germany (thanks to the bonus) the chance to score, its a bit hard to assume that France was defeated due to a foul problem in the 4th quarter, but that was what happenned.
Anyway, the key was the hard-lucked (again) match against Hong Kong.
In my opinion Narcisse has done a great job with France NT, its not just what you get, its what you make. France is now in BB-world a TOP5 team, and probably that´s going to be France position when the season ends. Some weeks France has been the 3rd country in the NT ranking. It has been a great rival for us.
I remember our first match, we were so close to loose
(1811), we win in the last minute, in the Free trhows. And the great key match against local advantaged Hravska for the semis in the European?
(1813)Or the semis with Italy?
(1977) Italy didn´t deserve that match, a hard-lucked end of a match (again).
Also in this WC if you see France matches 1 by 1.. you nearly beat us (Free Throw win) in the first match, also you lost by 1 point against the high enthusiasmed Germany and by 2 points with Hong Kong. The group wasn´t fair (2º,3º,4º and 5º of the world together) and the luck wasn´t with France.
I hope the best for Narcisse, a great manager with good tactics, and great diplomacy skills, i wont be the Spanish DT next season, so I hope that we will play some friendlies with our own teams in the future.
Good luck to Zisvan too, also a great manager, if Spain doesn´t win the U21 tournament, i will go with France.
Regards!