Jean-Aimé Toupane, the coach of the France team, returned to the defeat of his team in the semi-finals of the Euro against Belgium (63-67): “We had a possession to return to equality . It might have been a heist to win, but anyway, the girls reacted. They did the job right to the end. A victory is built. On the other side there was a capital of trust. I especially regret the start of the match, we were not in our defensive standards in the first twenty minutes. We recovered in the second half.”
The coach of Les Bleues also commented on the last ball possession of his players at 63-65, which could have reversed the trend but which ended in a loss of ball: “Our sport is made of mistakes, it is an error, unfortunately it falls at the moment when one would not have wanted. The beginning was more detrimental to us.” Before concluding, on a more positive tone: “This team has shown virtues that I like. I told them: you can be proud of what you have done. It comes down to possession. The team opposite was perhaps better than us, but we have nothing to be ashamed of with this result. It is better to finish on the podium.”
