The Finnish men’s basketball team struggled strongly against the pre -favorites, but eventually bent.
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Finland lost to Serbia with numbers 95-105 (26-24, 31-27, 14-28, 24-26) in the Men’s Men’s European Championship match in Espoo.
The first quarter was flat. Finland stayed well with Serbia for ten points for ten minutes to bag Michael Jantunen under. For the second quarter, they started in the lead of two points in Finland.
In the beginning of the second quarter, Finland was at its best in eight points. The pause was taken in the lead of Finland’s six -point lead. Eating tooth Sasu Salin Submit half of the eight -point throw in the opening half.
The third quarter was difficult for Finland. Serbia rolled the home team and rose from the back to an eight -point lead. Kiri led the game’s best bunch Filip Petrosev.
The Susijengi did not give up, but rose to the lead in three minutes in the final quarter. Then there was a black moment when Finland managed to make the next basket until the game was less than three minutes left. During this time, Serbia escaped to the lead.
With his third, the hall aroused his wishes a couple of minutes before the end and narrowed the divorce to five points. However, Serbia did not bend, but won the match by ten points. Petrusev eventually poured a whopping 34 points. The best scorer in Finland was Jantunen, who scored 18 points.
– An incredible evening. This was modern basketball, the situations changed quickly. For example, Sasu was incredible today. The Finns were really good and committed. We finally got to victory, Serbia 19 points ALEKSA AVRAMOVIC Comment on Sports.
– You can’t be so disappointed. A good resistance was given and we led for a long time. Note that Serbia is a world -class team, 15 points for Finland Edon Maxhuni said.
The European qualifiers are competitively irrelevant to Finland, as Susijengi will automatically enter the races at the end of August. Finland hosts one opening block in Tampere.
Serbia had also secured a race venue before the match. In addition to Finland, the top two teams will continue in the block.
Serbia is one of the top countries of the species. In the 2023 World Cup, the country took silver and bronze at last summer’s Olympics.