Highlights: France 93-85 Italy in FIBA EuroBasket 2022

France takes advantage of 4 and gets the foul. Close the French to stay with the victory.

Rudy Gobert manages to get the fifth foul from Nicolo Melli and also leaves the court.

Fifth foul by Evan Fournier who leaves the court due to excessive fouls.

Great restart for France that takes advantage of 3 points with baskets by Thomas Huertel and Evan Fournier.

Extra time begins.

Italy fails and we go to extra time, tied at 77.

TIE! Thomas Heurtel with the sword and the tray to tie the game. Italy will have the last move with 5 seconds left on the clock.

Terry Tarpey with the basket, France gets to 2 points. Game of 1 possession and time out of Italy.

Simone Fontecchio with the triple and advantage of 7 for Italy, forced France to stop the match.

Italy holding all the difference in the final minutes to stay with the victory.

Rudy Gobert with the basket to cut the difference to 3 points, time out for Italy.

France can't cut the difference and time is running out, the Italians are giving the surprise.

The last quarter begins.

Better closing of Italy that, finally, achieves the somersault and leaves with an advantage of 6 points.

Steal by Nico Mannion and the basket to turn the game around and take a 1 lead.

Nicolo Melli with the two-handed dunk to bring Italy close to turning the game around:

Luigi Datome with the triple to put the game to only 1 point difference. Time out of France.

France with foul problems in this third period; Italy will have the opportunity to get closer on the scoreboard.

Simone Fontecchio's layup, Italy approaches and is 5 behind the rival.

Italy still fails to open France's defensive wall and remains down on the scoreboard by 7.

The third quarter begins.

Time out for France looking to cool down the Italians before the break.

Gobert's layup that forces time out for the Italians, advantage of 9 for France.

Three by Simone Fontecchio to bring Italy closer:

Giampaolo Ricci breaks the streak of 2 minutes without goals.

Great first quarter by Evan Fournier with 2 triples and leading the French offensive:

The second quarter begins.

Better closing of France that retakes the advantage and ends the first quarter 7 points up.

Triple by Simone Fontecchio to reduce the difference to 3 points. The Italians are coming.

Advantage of 9 for France and the Italian coaching staff stops the game.

France playing better defense and is already 5 points away.

Evan Fournier opens the scoring with a triple.

The game started at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

These are the starting fives of each team for today's game:
Italy: Marco Spissu, Nicoló Melli, Stefano Tonut, Achille Polonara and Simone Fontecchio.
France: Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, Andrew Albicy, Terry Tarpey and Guerschon Yabusele.

We are a few minutes away from the start of the presentation of the game and the previous FIBA protocols.

Everything ready for the start of this duel between French and Italians for a ticket to the semifinals:

A very even match awaits us between both teams, these are the latest results in their clashes:

In the last game, this was how both teams lined up:
France: Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, Andrew Albicy, Terry Tarpey and Guerschon Yabusele

Italy: Marco Spissu, Nicoló Melli, Stefano Tonut, Achille Polonara and Simone Fontecchio

The Azzurri goes out on the court to warm up:

Les Blues is already at the Mercedes-Benz Arena for today's game:

The last official match between France and Italy dates from the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games when in the quarterfinal round the French defeated and eliminated Italy by a score of 84-75 with a great performance by Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier.