Guerschon Yabusele returns to a dirty atmosphere that ruled among Blues before a quarter -final Olympics

Every year ago, before France launched “his” Olympics against Brazil and, two weeks later, she would leave Paris 2024 With silver medal Around the neck.

But before lose with honors in the finalagainst the US team, the blues went through Great period of turbulence. Mini-Krisathat occurred between the end of the first round and a quarter -final v. Canada.

And it’s better to talk about it than Guerschon YabuseleOne of the protagonists of time? “” We started the tournament bad, to be completely honest … » remembersIn the program of its new teammates, Janal Brunson and Josh Hart. “” We played Brazil and won. We played Japan and almost lost, with Matthew Guard, who succeeded in the action with 4 points sent by the game in the extension. We played Germany before the quarterfinals and lost pretty badly. »

IT New Interior of the Knicks To move on, evoking this particular atmosphere that ruled in the team: ” This is the first time to speak publicly about it, but all staff, as well as some members of the Federation (thought) that it was over. We faced Canada in quarters and everyone said themselves, “We don’t have a chance to overtake them.” It was crazy! We just played us players (to trust). We walked around and all coaches have already sought officials. The culprit. The atmosphere was crazy. »

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Fortunately for France, then return to the wall, everything has changed from this quarter – Final, During which Vincent Corlet changed everything. Guerschon Yabusele and his own managed to prevent all forecasts By elimination with the way Band of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Other, everyone knows that …

« Nico Batum and Nando de Colo managed to collect the team and tell him, ‘That’s me, what must happen. It is our responsibility, no one believes in us, they are all against us’ »Remember The Poster Man on Lebron James. « When we went through this process and started a quarter – Phinal against Canada, we were just dogs. We thought we couldn’t lose. Beat Canada and Germany (in the semifinal) gave us additional reinforcement. We were with us and that couldn’t happen to us. (In the final), we were also super confident, but it was a team opposite … the best in the world. »

Impeccable in Lille then Paris was a year ago, his arrival in the initial five Blues who changed everything for the blues, Guerschon Yabusele will now try better than money in the month of the month of the month, on Eurobasket. Among the new group chiefs From Frederic Frek, his responsibilities will no longer be the same, but of course, they do not count on him to be afraid of this situation.

We remember France to face with SloveniaThe Poland, IsraelThe Belgium and theIceland In the first round of the next Eurobasket, which will be held from 27. August until 14. September 2025.

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