Difficult to make a second preview France – Germanythe two teams having already faced each other in the group stage, just a few days ago. But since then, things have changed, with the Blues having surprised everyone by overturning Canada, the “Mannschaft” winning in diesel mode against Greece.
Humiliated by Dennis Schröder and Franz Wagner in Lille, the Blues know what not to do…
“We are happy that it is them” explained Andrew Albicy ahead of this semi-final. “The reunion with Dennis is a good motivation. He and Franz smashed us. They are a better built team than us, more in place. But we want our revenge. We will do everything to make them stop teasing.”
Be the aggressors at the start of the match
With his smile and his attitude, Dennis Schröder has the gift of driving his opponents crazy, and we remember that things also got pretty heated with Evan Fournier during the preparation.
For the Blues, as against Canada, the challenge will first be to win the arm wrestling match at the start of the match.
“Against Canada, there are two options: either we get pushed into them and they dominate us, or we push into them and they back off a bit, because they're not used to that. They're used to being the aggressors, getting into the opponent's head. Tonight, we said we refused to be victims and that we were going to be the aggressors.” Mathias Lessort told us after the quarter-final. A mentality to reproduce this evening.
However, the Blues and Vincent Collet are also aware that Germany is a more solid collective than Canada, whose game plan varies very little from one match to another, or even in the middle of a match.
A new starting five to face the Schröder/Wagner duo?
Against Greece, the “Mannschaft” also missed its start to the match, finding itself led by 12 points (18-6) in the first quarter before turning the tide to win by 13 lengths (76-63). With its two locomotives, Dennis Schröder and Franz Wagner, and its army of “role players”, Gordon Herbert's troop is very robust.
To beat the world champions and reach the final of the Olympic Games, it will obviously be necessary to defend very hard, slowing down the Schröder/Wagner duo, the basis of the entire German game.
Will Vincent Collet start with the same starting five that surprised Canada or will he adapt again? Answer at 5:30 p.m., with a place in the final of the 2024 Olympic Games at stake!
GERMANY'S MAJOR FIVE
Dennis Schröder – Andreas Obst – Franz Wagner – Johannes Voigtmann – Daniel Theis
GERMANY'S SQUAD
Isaac Bonga (2m04, 24 years old)
Oscar Da Silva (2m05, 25 years old)
Niels Giffey (2m00, 33 years old)
Maodo Lo (1m91, 31 years old)
Andreas Obst (1m91, 28 years old)
Dennis Schroder (1m85, 30 years old)
Daniel Theis (2m03, 32 years old)
Johannes Thiemann (2m05, 30 years old)
Johannes Voigtmann (2m11, 31 years old)
Franz Wagner (2m08, 22 years old)
Moritz Wagner (2m11, 27 years old)
Nick Weiler-Babb (1m96, 28 years old)
DIFFUSION
The France-Germany match should be broadcast on France Televisions And Eurosportfrom 5:30 p.m.
