Manu Lecomte, Loic Schwartz, Jean-Marc Mwema, Hans Vanwijn et Ismael Bako composed the Belgian Lions’ starting five. The Greeks, who played without their star NBA Giannis antetokounmpoquickly took the lead in the 9-5 marker. The Lions, who no longer led after 22-24, reacted after 38-30 and returned to 2 points (45-43). Addressing the last quarter at least 3 (52-49), they sold in the last minutes the score going from 63-60 to 74-60.
The coach Dario Gjergja recorded the plan for the euro of Niels de Ridderinjured in the shoulder, after that of Retin Obasohanvictim of a physical overload on Tuesday. Lions will also have to deal without TOUMANI CAMARA et Ajay Mitchellthe two Belgian representatives in the NBA, but also without Thijs de RidderNiels’ little brother, who joined the University of Virginia in the United States, VRENZ BLEIJENBERGHwho opted for an adventure in Australia, and Pierre-Antoine Gillet who has retired international.
The Belgian selection will go on an internship in Finland Thursday with two matches on the program on August 8 and 11, which will both start at 5.30 p.m. A triangular tournament with Great Britain and Bosnia and Herzegovina is scheduled from August 15 to 17 in Ostend before a last internship in Bosnia with two last preparation matches on August 23 and 24. The Lions will fly on August 25 for Katowice in Poland where group D of the Euro will be played. France, Slovenia, Poland, Israel and Iceland will be the opponents of Belgium. The first four will be qualified for the round of 16.
