For their second match of the competition, the French beat Slovenia 29-18 without trembling. They will face Montenegro on Tuesday in a game without issue.
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If everything was not perfect, the French handball players have made a satisfactory copy against Slovenia, Sunday, December 5, for their second match of the preliminary round of the World Championships in Spain. After their victory Friday against Angola (30-20), the Blues have won with eleven-goal (29-18) and qualified for the main round of the competition.
The Slovenes were picked cold early in the game by serious Bleues and applied to surgical strikes and airtight defense. Sluggish in attack, the Slovenes were unable to answer the physical challenge imposed outright by the French and cashed severe input 7-0 – they had to wait until the 13 th minute game to score their first goal.
In the wake of his performance XXL previous match, the babysitter Laura Glauser made a perfect match start, multiplying the stops. In attack, the center-half result Zaadi, who missed the match against Angola, found the way to goal, while Estelle Nze Minko and Beatrice Edwige imposed their power in defense.
Drop their handball, the Blues led 9-2 after 20 minutes. But the Slovenes out of their lethargy. French side, defensive folds were slower, and the opponent took advantage. Finally, the French were returning to the locker room with 5-goal lead (13-8 at the break).
“Restore order in the defense”
In the second half, the game was balanced. The French still showed signs of nervousness in defense, and Slovenians seemed to gain speed in attack, but were unable to approach within 5 goals. Olivier Krumbholz, the coach of the France team, then took advantage of a time to lecture his troops. “You do anything,” he told them, claiming to “restore order in the defense.”
21-15, two goals and Edwige Beatrice Estelle Nze Minko redonnaient air to French. Then Laura and freaking Meline Nocandy sinking the nail. A 26-17 ten minutes from the end, the Blues could afford to run their advance, while the young Lucia Granier highlighted. In the end, the Blues will never trembled against an opponent yet deemed tough. Bodes well for the rest of the competition.
“We have made a good start to the match with an iron defense and good variations uphill ball, then stumbled into the facility and offered them solutions. (…) The Slovenians returned, but they never really worried us. a must adjust our efficiency shooting, because it can have consequences in a tight game, “summed up Olivier Krumbholz at the end of the match the micro BeIN sports.
The downside of the evening was the injury to cléopâtre darleux. Victim of a sprained ankle, the guardian of Brest Brittany handball had to go out fifteen minutes before the end. Side satisfactions Thanks Zaadi, back to his best, was elected best player of the game.
Blue face Montenegro, Tuesday, December 7, at 20: 30 pm, always in Granollers. Whatever the outcome of this game, the France team will access the main round, during which will be the true skimming of this world. The French should come across the road Serbs, Poles and Russians. A reunion is announcing muscular because these had beaten the Blues in the group stage in Tokyo, before losing in the final Olympic.