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Victim of a scandalous decision, the blues bow to the wire

That it’s hard for the blues, who played the blow beautifully against the United States in the semifinals, but bowed to the wire 18-16 following a scandalous arbitration decision (on the video the referees did not not seeing that a ball had to be returned to the blues when it was obvious), or even two at the end of the game with a generous fault in the wake, which were the turning points of the match while the two teams were tied. They will play the bronze medal face to face with the loser of Russia – China at 13:45.

Unsurprisingly, once again Dolson immediately began her dominance on the inside to put the Americans in a good position by leading 4-1, scoring in every attack. Ana Maria Filip’s 2-point shot was good, and she scored 3 points in a row to put France down to just 1 point, 5-4.

But the blues had problems to slow down the Americans, who found solutions, while they missed layups, result, the gap was again, 10-6. The blues finally made stops and the duo Filip – Marie-Eve Paget had a very good run to bring France back to 1 point on a 2-point shot from Filip, 12-11.

France lost three balls in a row and missed layups, and the Americans took the opportunity to make a small break 14-11. Touré and Filip entered 3 layups to fully revive the blue to come back to just 1 point, 15-14.

The Americans got a generous shot, but Touré scored again and the Blue got a ball to equalize, an opportunity that was not let by Guapo, 16-16 at the start of the last minute!

After an American walk, the blues had a ball to pass in front, but the referees made a scandalous decision on the challenge (the ball was clearly put in touch by Plum), returning the ball to the Americans, who also obtained a more than generous fault, allowing them to regain the lead 17-16, then 18-16 after an offensive rebound and a new throw. Migna Touré missed the equalizer shot at the last second.

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