Poirier on banning Ertel from playing in Russia: ‘They wanted to punish the basketball player, but they punished the national team’

Athletistic/Basketball. Real Madrid center Vincent Poirier has spoken about the French Basketball Federation’s decision to deny point guard Thomas Ertel’s participation in the 2023 World Cup due to his participation in the VTB United League.

“It looks like you wanted to punish a basketball player, but in fact you punished our whole team,” Poirier wrote on social media.

Remember that today the France team was beaten in the match against Latvia, despite the advantage of 12 points before the last quarter. In the first round of the competition, the team also lost to the Canadians with a score of 65:95.

The France team will play the last game of the group stage against Lebanon, who also suffered defeats in their first two World Cup meetings.

The world championship will continue until September 10. The total number of matches in the competition will be 92, in which 32 national teams will participate. The tournament takes place on the territory of three countries: Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.

• The basketball player of the France team linked the failure of the team to the banning of players playing in Russia