the list of 12 Blues for the Euro confirmed

The die is cast. The tricolor staff had until Wednesday to unveil the final list of 12 Blues called to compete in the Euro, from September 1 to 18 in Germany. It’s done. And there are no surprises. Vincent Collet had already cut Mam Jaiteh and Isaïa Cordinier in recent days, after the returns of Andrew Albicy and Moustapha Fall. The group was therefore already reduced to 12 elements. A group led by Evan Fournier (captain) and Rudy Gobert and which will aim for gold despite stiff competition and an already strong group (Germany, Lithuania, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia).

Remember that Frank Ntilikina and Victor Wembanyama withdrew during the preparation, the absences of Nicolas Batum and Nando De Colo being scheduled for a long time. Surprise guest on the list, Terry Tarpey has managed to make his mark over the weeks, as the Blues have won their four friendlies and the first in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup against the Czech Republic, before bow in Bosnia.

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The (very) ambitious Blues

“We are in a country where things are normalized very quickly, warns Vincent Collet. The French team, bronze medal in 2019 and silver in 2021, we consider that it will happen the same in 2022? No. You will have to deserve. We have the means to assume these objectives, but under conditions. These conditions must be respected. What we couldn’t do in 2017 (elimination in 8th, editor’s note) and that we will try to do much better in 2022“, insists coach Collet. The objective is clear for the Blues: the most beautiful medals in Berlin. It starts against the Germans on Thursday (8:30 p.m., on Canal+ Sports 360), in Cologne.