With this success, the Blues are already opening the door of the knockout stages, before facing Slovenia on Sunday, then Cameroon Tuesday.
Le Monde with AFP
Entry in matters is successful. The French volleyball team, Olympic champion, won three sets at zero (25-22, 28-26, 26-24) against Germany, at the opening of the world championship in Ljubljana, Friday, August 26.
With this success, obtained without losing a single round, the Blues already open the door of the knockout stages; They will face Slovenia on Sunday, then Cameroon, Tuesday, to conclude the group stage. 2>
only awards missing at the Blues’ list
They target a flawless in the group stage to benefit from an opponent a priori more favorable in the round of 16. Their objective: the final, which will take place on September 11 in Poland, in order to win the only reward that is missing at the Tricolore volleyball, winner of Euro 2015 then crowned in Tokyo, last summer.
In the wake of this Olympic coronation, the Blues had been ejected from the knockout stages of Euro 2021. Since then, they have changed coach, since Italian Andrea Giani replaced Brazilian Bernardinho, who threw sponge in early spring for personal reasons.
Since the arrival of the Italian legend on the bench, they won during the League of Nations, in July, before giving a lesson to Brazil (3-0) last Saturday in preparation for the World Cup. They start competition on the same dynamic.