Vincent Collet (coach of the France team, after the 76-70 victory in Lithuania): “We were able to keep control, despite the difficulties of the first quarter, we defended much better in the second and the whole match . This is what reversed the trend. We also played smarter. When we got past in the third quarter, we didn’t know if we were going to win, but we knew it was the kind of game we wanted to have. We wanted to be in difficulty, to see how we reacted. It remains a preparation match, it is a good omen.
I really hope that for Frank (Ntilikina, injured at the end of the match, editor’s note) it will not be bad, because he still had a very good match, he is very important in our system.
Guerschon Yabusélé (inside the French team): “It’s a very complicated victory, we knew how to keep a cool head and get this victory. It was our biggest challenge during this preparation, we were in the tough and we knew how to play together and have the strength to go ahead, stay strong to win the match. We are a team with a lot of big defenders, when we see the others putting pressure, going for the balls, it motivates us to make more efforts.
