The French national team has been great in qualifying for Euro 2020. Didier Deschamps’ team stood out among Turkey, Albania, Iceland, Andorra and Moldova. The team confirmed the class in practice. In 10 matches the French suffered only one defeat and won the group with 25 points, leaving Turkey behind by two points and Iceland by six points. The “tricolors” developed their success in the League of Nations. In the group the French were together with Portugal, Croatia and Sweden. As a result, the struggle was waged between France and Portugal, in which the Portuguese were weaker. The outcome of the struggle was decided by the victory of the French with a score of 1:0 in a face-to-face meeting in Lisbon in the penultimate round. The start of qualification for the World Cup was not very successful. At home France could not beat Ukraine. However, a 1:1 draw in the opening match did not affect the team’s mood in any way. Thanks to victories over Kazakhstan (2:0) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:0), the tricolors have risen to the first line in the group and are already four points ahead of the second Ukraine.
The Jazzmen won first place in the Western Conference and showed that they plan to compete for the gold rings this season. The team somewhat underestimated Memphis at the start of the playoffs, but then it broke. After the defeat in the first match (109-112) “Utah” solidly added and left no chances to the opponent. Donovan Mitchell was great in charge in the attack and once again showed that he is a real leader on the floor. The Jazz had been waiting for a competitor in the second round of the playoffs for a long time and they got the Clippers. Quin Snyder’s guys confidently dealt with the sailboats at the home arena, but on the road they started having problems and had to give up (106-132), but the club is still leading in the series.
