Space fell back to France, By five points, in the second consecutive friendly to the Gala Selection. Those of SERGIO SCARIOLO they let a 16 points to rest pass, to end up losing for 78-73 In Paris-Beber in his fourth preparation party towards the EuroBasket 2025. The National Team dominated to the last quarter, in which the Gauls put themselves ahead to finally take the clash and make Spain add their third defeat in this path to the championship.
The only good news that left the clash was the premiere of Isaac Nogués, since Alberto Abalde y Mario Saint-Supéry They ended up injured and we will have to wait for tests to know what they have. They add to the discomfort already known to Darío Brizuela, Alberto Díaz y Saints Alfama.
Spain implemented a very aggressive defense, with its very active players in pass lines, trying to match the physical level of the gala selection, which also had the casualties at the last minute of Zaccharie Risacher Y Vincent Poirier, that the Eurobasket could even be lost due to problems on its right knee, in addition to the novelty of Isaia corrisieralready recovered.
Under the premise of stealing and running at the back should Willy Hernangome, That he showed himself as a great solution to get revenue in the painting, carrying two personal to Mam Jaiteh, one of the great men in France.
The energy of Santi Yusta From the bench he gave a plus to the selection, which was even placed with 13 points ahead after two consecutive triples of Yusta himself and Mario Saint-Supery (7-20). In some rugged first ten minutes, where Scariolo had to retire Abalde prematurely for a blow to the pubis and lost the young Saint-Supery due to problems in his right ankle, but left ahead in the luminous, 12-21.
The explosiveness of the French base Sylvain Francisco, Seven points in the second quarter, was a problem for the Spanish defense, which began to doubt after great minutes, but that maintained its advantage thanks to the credit from the free throw line. With France misguided from 6.75, The family He entrusted to the work of the second unit with Yusta -13 points in the first half- and Josep Puerto, who established the maximum to rest, 28-44.
After passing by changing rooms, the locals found four points in the hands of Jaiteh, that he claudicated again in defense Willy Hernangome with his fourth staff and almost 20 minutes still to play. After several losses in attack and with problems to stop a more vertical France, Scariolo requested dead time to fit a 10-2 partial and with 38-46 on the scoreboard (min. 34).
He paron It did not improve Spain, which conceded two triples in a row of Bilal Coulibaly And he saw how France It was placed only two points (46-48), although it managed to recover with triples of Yusta y Jaime Pradilla, that dispelled the attempt to comeback and gave some oxygen to the selection before the last period, 58-64.
With the Selection adding more and more errors in defense and swelling the number of losses in attack -18 in total and only three points in five minutes-, the figure of the debutant appeared Nogues, He gave the team with claw and thrust to try to hold the score.
After several threats, France He managed to get ahead – something that did not happen since the beginning of the game – thanks to two free throws of Jaylen Hoard (69-67) Already a high defensive activity, which developed a Spain that accused the lack of veteranía in the direction on the court. The premises found holes again in the Spanish zone and sentenced the encounter with a left -handed penetration Élie Okobo And a triple of Strazel, In the icing on a great comeback, 78-73.
