Belgium This Sunday the medal of bronze in the Eurobasket 2021 in an encounter in which Belarus had to face not only aa Emma meesseman but also to an almost infallible Antonia delaere already Kyara linskens, a trident that overflowed its rocky defense.
Fourteen seconds it took Meesseman in putting his first basket in front of 28 minutes of the semifinals and six minutes in adding the eight points that he scored in that previous game and although the intrepid Belarus held the Belgian initial scoring pulse, when Delaere, new signing of Casademont Zaragoza, Y Julie Vanloo they joined their partner could not keep up (13-23, m.10).
With the change of room, Belarus recovered the defense that has been his hallmark in the tournament (including zones) and from the hand of Maryia papova Y Alexandria bentley got into the crash and forced Meesseman not to get lost in order to keep the income (30-40, m.20).
In the third quarter Verameyenka took over from Papova as a squire of Bentley in the annotation but between Meesseman and the accurate Delaere they managed to keep the crash under control for Belgium.
With the clock already against him, to Belarus doubts entered him, and the persistence of the two Belgian scorers and the appearance under the hoops of Linskens finished closing the meeting and giving Belgium a placid end and the long-awaited medal that seemed to be very complicated when he fell in the initial match Bosnia Herzegovina.
Data sheet
69.- Belarus (13 + 17 + 19 + 20): Rytsikava (3), Likhtarovich (7), Ziuzkova (5), Verameyenka (15), Papova (10) -five starters- Bentley (12), Hasper (9 ) and Tarasava (8).
77.- Belgium (23 + 17 + 21 + 16): K. Mestdagh (8), Allemand (4), Delaere (17), Meesseman (21), Linskens (15) -five starters- Geldof (-), Billie Massey (-), H. Mestdagh (5), Vanloo (7), Carpreaux (-) and Nauwelaers (-).
Referees: Györgyi (NOR), Horozov (BUL) and Bissuel (FRA). Without eliminated.
Incidents: match for the third and fourth place of the Eurobasket 2021 played in the pavilion of the Fuente de San Luis de València before about 1,500 spectators.