The date is marked with a hot iron in the memory of the actors of the time. On September 9, 2017, Les Bleus du basket lost against Germany in the round of 16 of the Euro (81-84). A short defeat, but a huge disappointment for France. Even more than the rout (92-67), the previous year, in the quarter-finals of the Rio Games, against Spain, which marked Tony Parker’s last dance in blue, this premature elimination from the Euro in Turkey remains an indelible stain. For coach Vincent Collet, the first who, after a Euro in France ended in a dull bronze medal (in 2015) and the failed Rio Games, crystallizes criticism.
