Serbia U21 - Belgium U21 88-80 (57883)A game with the same enthousiasm.
A game we should have won in many cases. But the outcome is different...
At the half we were leading by 17!! The 2nd half was just horrible and we made too many fouls. We lost by the details aka freethrows and Serbia could take advantage of this. Too bad our adventure ends here, I'm really disappointed by the result.
During the campaign we lost against France and Serbia, both at home and with tiny losses. Both countries are still in the running...
When I look at our neighbours the Netherlands, who are also qualified for the quarter finals, well... that should have been us. That 7-1 was not enough and yet we had the team to go far. Our GS was good to excellent week after week.
But given the circumstances, I think everything went according to plan. The matches we had to win were won without wasting enthousiasm. That last game I didn't use the GDP. I wasn't 100% sure (balanced or inside). It was a 50-50% chance.
In the upcoming weeks there will be practice matches scheduled to prepare us for the next season.
Coach Warrior