Even though the road to Slovenia's capital Ljubljana was not an easy one, Lithuania managed to assertively conquer a strong opponent – France – and finished the game with the confident score of 76:62 (16:10, 16:17, 19:15, 25:20), and for the first time demonstrated their true fighting spirit. The victory in the match brought the Lithuanian team two qualifying points
They face Belgium tomorrow , a team they have beaten twice already in friendly matches. The Belgians gave the tough Serbians a fight but in the end , Serbia held out for the win. In the newly formed group E of the second round, the teams that formerly made up Group B (Lithuania's group in the first round)have all won. Perhaps Arvydas Sabonis's comments about Group B being " hell" were quite true. France, Belgium and the Ukraine all seem to think so . Ukraine especially after reeling from a massive 30-point beating from the Latvians today . They probably agree with Arvydas Sabonis most of all.
