Quite late I decided to go to Katowice and support Slovenian team on Eurobasket 2025. I got ticket from Nomago (90€). I organized myself trip with train and stopover in Brno. On arrival to Katowice I met with Andrej and his friends for lunch. I walked to arena Spodek with Ivo and his friends (one was Aleksander Javornik). In front arean typical entertainment for fans. I had seat behind basket in 4th row. Better would be cheaper seat in higher row as interior is quite flat.
First seconds were bad, 3 points for France and foul for Dončić. But that changed quickly and Slovenia was soon in lead. Main tactics was to give ball to Dončić. He will run forward and score or get free throw after faul on him. Most of other players didn’t gave enough, except Edo Murić.
Luka was keeping Slovenia in lead, but one could see he was tired in middle of 3rd quarter. In last few minutes he couldn’t performe any more and France got wings with Francisco. In last seconds players on both sides stopped playing, shoke hands and then Francisco scored. That was asshole move, that caused a lot of commotion. It resultate in 15 minutes delay, few technical fauls and 3pointer by Prepelič in last second.
Final score was Slovenia vs France 95:103. France deserved to win as Slovenia had just one, maybe two players on court. As for atmosphere, it was great. Slovenian fans were louder and kept going even when our team was loosing. Francisco left bad taste with his move. The whole experience was nice, a bit pricy and a bit time consuming but I enojed it.
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