LIVE. Basketball at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Les Bleues challenge Germany for a place in the semi-finals

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L'équipe de France féminine de basket-ball défie l'Allemagne à l'Accor Arena de Paris, en quart de finale des Jeux Olympiques, ce mercredi 7 août à 18 h.

Finish the battle

For this fourth France-Germany quarter-final (victories in men's volleyball and women's handball and defeats in men's handball), the French basketball team can qualify for the semi-finals provided they beat a physical German team.

A match to follow live with commentary here:

6:43 p.m.

2'27

Fauthoux intercepts a new ball but his shot is missed.

18:42.

2'46

Williams misses his shot but Fauthoux takes the rebound.

18:41.

3'14

Peterson penetrates but misses his easy shot.

6:40 p.m.

3'22

Williams penetrates the paint and will deposit the ball on the backboard for two more points (37-24). Germany timeout.

18h39.

3'50

Sabally misses his shot and Chery tries a three-pointer on the counter but it's missed, the rebound is still blue.

18h39.

3'59

Chery from mid-range adds two points! (35-24).

18h38.

4'09

Sabally works to the body and deposits two more points (33-24).

18h38.

4'32

Fauthoux is penalized for a bad block.

6:37 p.m.

5'07

Johannes' three-pointer on the left side who takes the circle, Williams takes the rebound and Johannes tries again on the other side without any more success.

6:36 p.m.

5'27

Chery fouls Guelich who worked well under the basket. She makes a single shot (33-22).

18h34.

5'54

A complicated shot from Guelich, Williams takes the rebound. Ayayi enters the paint and is fouled badly by Geiselsoder. She makes both shots (33-21).

18h34.

6'10

Fauthoux breaks through the defense and attempts a missed mid-range shot.

18h32.

6'26

Timeout for Germany who only scored 2 points in 3'30.

18h31.

6'56

Michel tries a three-pointer but it's missed. The blue defense recovers and Rupert tries again at three points, missed again.

18h30.

7'19

The blue defense poses a lot of problems for the German attack which loses another ball on a bad pass.

18h29.

7'42

Chery works inside and comes to deposit the ball with the backboard in the circle (31-21).

18h28.

7'58

Foul by Johannes, timeout requested by the French team.

18h27.

8'11

Geiselsoder scores his first points with a mid-range shot (29-21).

18h27.

8'30

Rupert pushes the ball into the circle but it is after 24 seconds of possession.

18h26.

8'44

New German loss of the ball on a bad pass.

6:25 p.m.

9'01

Michel puts his opponent on the ground with a feint and can take his time to adjust his three-point shot (29-19).

6:25 p.m.

9'26

Michel forces Sabally to lose the ball again ball.

6:25 p.m.

9'42

Johannes waits and lights up a three-pointer (26-19).

6:24 p.m.

9'51

Sabally misses his shot under the basket, French defensive rebound.

18h23.

Second quarter

Germany has the first possession of the second quarter.

18h22.

France 23 – 19 Germany

After a sluggish start, the French changes have allowed them to slightly gain the upper hand over Germany, but everything remains to be done.

18h22.

19″

Michel intercepts the last German possession. Lacan attempts the last shot from a complicated position and it is missed.

18:21.

34″

Ayayi misses the basket, the recovery is blue and Lacan snatches the ball from the German hands and serves Rupert who adds two easy points (23-19).

18:20.

1'04

Fiebich is found and adds two points (21-19).

18:20.

1'38

Ayayi recovers the defensive rebound and Rupert concludes the counterattack under the basket (21-17).

18h19.

1'46

Johannes waits until the end of the possession and takes a three-pointer! (19-17).

18h18.

2'10

Lacan's foul, two free throws for Germany because France is at fault. Fiebich makes both (16-17).

18h16.

2'28

Airball by Johannes, the recovery is French and Johannes tries her luck again and gets the foul and three free throws. She makes all three! (16-15).

18h15.

2'46

Sabally gets another foul in the paint, Rupert is penalized. Sabally punishes with two more points (13-15).

6:15 p.m.

3'03

Johannes has settled and finds the three-pointer (13-13).

6:14 p.m.

3'40

Johannes tries the three-pointer but it's short, French offensive rebound.

6:13 p.m.

4'05

France pushes Germany at the end of possession. Sabally gets the foul again under the circle, it's Badiane who is sanctioned and who comes out for his 2nd foul. Both throws go in (10-13).

18h11.

4'38

Badiane deflects a German pass, Williams quickly puts the ball in the basket (10-11).

18h11.

5'06

Salaun loses the ball, Williams intercepts a pass but misses his shot on the block.

18h10.

5'28

Peterson is still found at long range (8-11).

6:10 p.m.

5'53

18h09.

6'15

Ayayi tries a three-pointer, it's missed and Badiane doesn't get the rebound.

18h09.

6'33

Peterson gets the basket + foul. Three more points (6-8). Bernies comes out on his 2nd personal foul.

18h08.

6'56

Williams misses his three-pointer, offensive rebound blue and Williams comes to finish at the basket (6-5).

18h07.

7'25

Ayayi recovers the ball in Sabally's hands.

18h07.

7'35

Salaun recovers the ball on an aggressive defense but Badiane commits an offensive foul for a bad block.

18h06.

7'57

Ayayi takes the inside space and ends up under the circle (4-5).

18h05.

8'17

Sabally recovers two throws on a new foul. She scores both (2-5).

18h05.

8'22

Bernies makes the first foul of the match and cuts off the attack.

18h04.

8'34

Ayayi intercepts Sabally's ball and Williams concludes the counterattack (2-3).

18h04.

8'49

Salaun tries to find a back pass but there is no one, return to the zone.

6:03 p.m.

9'16

Peterson is shifted behind the three-point line and finds the target (0-3).

6:03 p.m.

9'37

Salaun finds herself alone for a two-point shot but it goes to the rim.

5:58 p.m.

First quarter

The engagement is recovered by the France.

17h50.

H – 10'

Une capitaine masquée 🎭🫡#PassionnémentBleu | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/NNxaq3C5fq

— Équipes de France de Basket (@FRABasketball) August 7, 2024

17h45.

H – 15'

The winner of this quarter-final will face Belgium, who easily defeated Spain (79-66) earlier in the afternoon.

5:30 p.m.

H – 30'

The Germany that never shone on the international scene (only one silver medal at Euro 97), presents himself as an outsider but his performances during the group stage lead to caution. Especially since the Germans won 6 matches in preparation for the Olympics (compared to a defeat against the USA).

The last meeting between France and Germany dates back to last year during the Euro basketball tournament, the French women were imposed in a defensive encounter (58-50).

17h15.

H – 45'

Germany came out of a difficult group with the United States (defeat 68-87), Belgium (83-69) and Japan (75-64 ) in second position. The victory over the Belgians, among the favorites for the final victory, is a big blow for German women's basketball.

5:00 p.m.

H – 60 '

Les Bleues who had assured their qualification after two victories (against Canada then Nigeria, 75-54) stumbled for the last group match against Australia (72-79). During this quarter, they will try to get closer to the medal they managed to obtain in Tokyo (bronze won against Serbia).